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ILLINOIS 

and 

ITS  BUILDERS 

A  Work  for  Newspaper 
and  Library   Reference 

Published  by 

The  Illinois  Biographical  Association 

Compiled  Under  the  Direction 
of 

The  James  0.  Jones  Company 
1925 

Digitized  by  the  Internet  Archive 

in  2012  with  funding  from 

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LLINOIS  AND  ITS  BUILDERS  con- 
tains an  accurate  record  of  the  lives  and 
accomplishments  of  that  group  of  men 
close!\  identified  with  development  of  the 
^tare's  prosperity,  building  of  its  industries, 
promotion  of  its  institutions  and  furtherance  of  its  in- 
fluence in  the  political  organization  of  the  nation. 

Primaril)  the  book  is  a  work  of  reference,  designed 
for  use  in  libraries  and  newspaper  offices,  but  it  should 
be  replete  with  interest  for  all  those  who  find  in  the  in- 
dividual biographies  of  leaders  of  a  community  the  key 
to  all  that  is  best  in  its  history.  The  volume  should  be 
of  especial  value  to  newspapers,  and  it  is  with  them  in 
view  that  we  have  taken  the  utmost  care  to  collate  the 
data  with  comprehensiveness  and  accuracy.  The  photo- 
graphs of  the  men  who  have  made  Illinois  history  for 
the  past  few  decades  have  been  prepared  in  a  way  to 
make   excellent    reproduction    possible. 

It  is  our  sincere  hope  that  ILLINOIS  AND  ITS 
BUILDERS  may  find  a  permanent  place  on  the  shelves 
of  every   newspaper  office  and   public  library  in  America. 

The  Purushers. 


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Illinois,  the  Heart  of  the  Qreat  Qentral  West 

;  ali^^iiilLLIXI,"  they  were  called,  the  term  meaning  men  and  designating  a  power- 
ful confederation  of  tribes.  The  French  added  the  more  euphonic  termi- 
nation and  extended  the  designation — Illinois — to  cover  the  river  that  he- 
gins  at  the  confluence  of  the  Kankakee,  Desplaines  and  I)u  Page  Rivers, 
about  forty  miles  southwest  of  Chicago  and  that  empties  into  the  "Father 
of  Waters,"  eighteen  miles  north  of  the  great  Missouri,  and  the  territory  adjacent. 

Pierre  Radisson  and  Medard  des  Grossilliers  reached  the  upper  Mississippi  in 
1659,  but  Illinois — as  Illinois — has  its  beginning  in  the  landing  of  Marquette  and 
Joliet — in  the  Name  of  God  and  the  King  of  France — on  the  east  bank  of  the  Missis- 
sippi in  June  of  1673  and  the  founding  of  a  mission  by  the  good  Father  Marquette  at 
the  ancient  Indian  village  of  Kaskaskias.  In  1679  the  Sieur  de  la  Salle  built  the  first 
fortress  and  called  it  Fort  Creve  Couer — the  Fort  of  the  Heart  Weary — and  three 
years  later,  on  a  bank  of  the  great  river  near  its  mouth  at  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  the 
weary  de  la  Salle  took  possession  of  all  the  "Louisiana  Country,"  the  unexplored  plains, 
forests  and  swamp  lands — their  great  area  imperfectly  apprehended — from  Green 
Bay,  past  Chicago,  along  the  Illinois  River  and  down  the  Mississippi  to  the  Gulf,  in 
the  name  of  the  fourteenth  Louis  of  France. 

At  Kaskaskia — the  mission  of  lather  Marquette — was  the  first  territorial  capital 
and  afterward  the  first  state  capital.  From  17 18  to  1765  was  the  administration  of 
governors  bearing  authority  from  the  crown  of  France.  Ports  were  built  and  mis- 
sions were  established.  Something  in  the  French  and  Indian  temperaments  was  akin, 
and  the  strange  race  from  the  north  and  beyond  the  sea  and  the  uncivilized  people  of 
the  American  plain  lived  at  peace.  On  the  far  coast  to  the  west  the  Spaniards  were 
consolidating  a  foothold.  On  the  far  coast  to  the  east  were  the  people  from  Eng- 
land and  the  Huguenots  from  France,  seeking  religious  freedom;  the  Dutch,  thrifty 
tradesmen,  seeking  wealth;  and  on  the  near  southern  coast  the  gallant  gentlemen  ad- 
venturers from  England,  and  the  deported  convicts.  On  the  far  southern  coast  of  the 
Atlantic  was  Spain  again.     And  in  between  was  the  wilderness. 

The  French  occupation  of  the  Illinois  territory  was  ended  by  treaty  in  1763,  but  it 
was  not  until  1765  that  Captain  Thomas  Sterling  of  his  Britannic  Majesty's  Army  in 
America  came  marching  through  the  woods  to  haul  down  the  lilies  of  France  from  over 
Fort  Chartres  and  to  float  there  the  flag  of  England.  Followed  administration  by 
seven  English  territorial  governors,  and  then  in  1 778 — the  revolution  was  two  years 
old — all  the  territory  north  and  west  of  the  Ohio  River  was  created  the  County  of 
Illinois  by  act  of  the  Virginia  Legislature  and  George  Rogers  Clark,  with  three  hun- 
dred and  fifty  men,  undertook  to  capture  the  British  forts  at  Kaskaskia  and  Vincennes 
and  to  put  an  end  to  the  Indian  raids  on  the  settlements  in  Kentucky. 

1  he  American  flag  was  unrurled  by  Captain  Clark  at  Fort  Massac  in  Illinois,  and 
shortly  after  he  reported  to  Governor  Patrick  Henry  of  Virginia  the  capture  of  Fort 
(iage  without  bloodshed  and  the  expulsion  of  the  British  from  the  territory. 

From  1787  to  1800  Illinois  was  part  of  the  Northwest  territory.  For  the  follow- 
ing nine  years  it  was  part  of  the  Indiana  territory,  and  then,  in  1809,  Congress 
created  the  territory  of  Illinois  with  the  capital  at  Kaskaskia.  The  population  was  esti- 
mated at  nine  thousand  persons.  Ninian  Edwards,  chief  justice  of  the  Kentucky  Court 
of  Appeals,  was  appointed  governor. 

In  1  8  1  2  the  United  States  was  again  at  war  with  England.  British  agents  incited 
Indian  attacks  on  the  settlers  of  the  NorthwTest.  Seventy-five  men  were  garrisoned  at 
Fort  Dearborn  on  the  Chicago  River.  Captain  Heald,  in  command,  was  ordered  to 
evacuate  by  his  superiors.  Seventy-five  men  marched  out,  colors  flying,  headed  through 
the  wilderness  for  Port  Wayne.     Five  hundred    supposedly    friendly    Indians    were    in 


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escort.    Outside  the  fort  the  Indians  attacked.  Two-thirds  of  the  seventy-five  were  killed 
and  the  rest  were  taken  prisoners.     The  fort  was  plundered  and  burned  to  the  ground. 

Troops  were  enlisted  and  an  expedition  started  against  the  Indians.  Remote 
settlers  were  moved  to  forts  and  protected  villages.  The  frontier  was  in  a  state  of 
defense. 

In  i  8 1 8 — the  war  of  1812  was  fast  becoming  a  distant  memory — Nathaniel  Pope 
was  sent  to  Washington  to  urge  the  admission  into  the  Union  of  the  State  of  Illinois. 
On  Pope's  suggestion  the  territorial  boundary  was  moved  north  sixty-one  miles,  a  strip 
of  land  sliced  from  Wisconsin  and  since  made  into  fourteen  counties  and  the  City  of 
Chicago. 

In  April,  1 818,  Congress  authorized  the  people  of  Illinois  to  frame  a  state  con- 
stitution and  in  July  members  or  a  constitutional  convention  were  elected.  The  con- 
vention met  in  August.  In  September  state  officers  were  elected  and  in  October  the 
legislature  convened  at  Kaskaskia.  On  October  6,  Shadrach  Bond  took  the  oath  as 
governor. 

Successors  to  Bond  have  been:  Edward  Coles,  Ninian  Edwards,  John  Reynolds, 
William  L.  D.  Ewing,  Joseph  Duncan,  Thomas  Carlin,  Thomas  Ford,  Augustus  C. 
French,  Joel  A.  Matteson,  William  H.  Bissell,  John  Wood,  Richard  Yates,  Richard 
J.  Oglesby,  John  M.  Palmer,  John  Lowrie,  Shelby  M.  Cullom,  John  Marshall  Hamil- 
ton, Joseph  W.  Fifer,  John  Peter  Altgeld,  John  R.  Tanner,  Richard  Yates  (the  son  of 
the  "Great  War  Governor"),  Charles  S.  Deneen,  Edward  F.  Dunne,  Frank  O.  Lowden 
and  Len  Small. 

Since  Shadrach  Bond  the  state  capital  has  been  moved  to  Springfield  by  way  of 
Vandalia;  since  Shadrach  Bond,  Abraham  Lincoln,  from  the  State  of  Illinois,  has  been 
given  to  the  nation. 

To-day  on  the  site  of  Fort  Dearborn  stands  the  immense  London  Guarantee  and 
Accident  Building.  Before  it  stretches  the  Boulevard  Link  Bridge  over  the  Chicago 
River,  the  largest  bridge  of  its  kind  in  the  world.  On  the  north  side  of  the  river,  on 
the  slight  eminence  made  by  the  approach  to  and  decline  from  the  bridge,  stand  the 
Wrigley  Buildings  and  the  Tribune  Tower.  Day  and  night  long  streams  of  motor 
traffic  travel  up  and  down  Michigan  Boulevard  and  over  the  bridge.  Great  steel 
freighters  ply  up  and  down  the  river,  the  jack-knife  bridges  that  connect  the  streets 
opening  to  permit  their  passage.  From  the  top  of  the  Tribune  Tower  can  be  seen  the 
great  metropolitan  area  of  Chicago,  a  community  of  approximately  four  million  per- 
sons.    An  occasional  airplane  passes  overhead. 

It  is  a  trite  literary  device  to  recall  the  Indian  as  he  stood  on  the  bank  of  the 
Chicago  River  where  it  is  spanned  by  the  Michigan  Boulevard  Bridge  but  none  other 
will  serve  as  well,  as  forcefully,  to  bring  to  mind  that  less  than  one  hundred  and  fifty 
years  ago,  from  the  spot  where  the  new  River  Drive  is  being  built,  on  a  river  where 
travel  three  hundred-foot  cargo  ships  of  steel,  an  Indian,  dressed  in  skins  of  tribal  mak- 
ing, put  out  a  bark  canoe  to  fish  for  perch  with  hooks  of  bone,  or  stalked  small  game 
along  the  banks  with  a  wooden  bow  and  arrows  tipped  with  sharpened  stone. 

The  Topography  of  Illinois. 

Illinois  is  bounded  on  the  northeast  by  Lake  Michigan,  on  the  north  by  Wisconsin, 
on  the  east  by  Indiana,  on  the  south  by  Kentucky  and  on  the  west  by  Iowa  and  Mis- 
souri. It  is  practically  surrounded  by  water,  being  separated  from  Iowa  and  Missouri 
by  the  Mississippi  River,  from  Indiana  by  the  Wabash  and  Ohio  Rivers  and  from  Ken- 
tucky by  the  Ohio  River.  Its  extreme  length  is  385  miles  and  its  extreme  breadth 
is  218  miles;  its  gross  area  is  56,665  square  miles.  With  the  exception  of  Georgia  its 
area  is  greater  than  any  of  the  original  thirteen  states  in  the  Union.  Its  mean  eleva- 
tion is  550  feet  above  sea  level  and  its  greatest  elevation  is  1,150  feet.  With  the  ex- 
ception of  Louisiana  and  Delaware  it  is  the  most  level  of  all  the  states,  the  prairies  for 
the  most  part  being  only  slightly  undulating.     In  the  extreme  south,  however,  there  is 


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a  range  of  hills  rising  to  a  height  of  i  ,000  feet,  and  in  the  northwestern  part  of  the 
state  there  are  some  hills,  along  with  occasional  bluffs  on  the  Illinois  and  Mississippi 
Rivers.  Among  the  states  in  the  Union  it  ranks  twenty-third  in  size  and  it  comprises 
a   greater  area   than   England   or   than    Belgium,  Switzerland  and  Holland  combined. 

The  Climate  of  Illinois. 

The  climate  of  the  state  is  noted,  particularly,  for  its  variability.  Warm  winds 
sweeping  up  the  Mississippi  Valley  cause  extreme  heat;  the  Arctic  winds  from  the  north, 
unblocked  by  mountains  cause  extreme  cold.  At  Winnebago,  in  the  north,  extremes  of 
temperature  have  ranged  from  twenty-six  degrees  Fahrenheit  to  one  hundred  and  ten  de- 
grees Fahrenheit;  at  Cairo,  in  the  south,  from  sixteen  degrees  to  one  hundred  and  six  de- 
grees. The  mean  temperature  at  Springfield,  approximately  the  center  of  the  state,  is 
fifty-two  degrees.     The  variation  is  about  two  degrees  for  each  degree  of  latitude. 

The  state  is  well  watered.  The  annual  rainfall  is  about  forty  inches  in  the  south- 
ern part,  decreasing  to  thirty-four  in  the  north.  I  he  mean  annual  snowfall  is  about 
twelve  inches  in  the  south,  increasing  to  about  forty  in  the  north.  The  source  of  the 
rainfall   is  chiefly  the  revolving  storms  from  the  northwest. 

The  prevailing  winds  at  Cairo  in  the  south  are  southerly  except  during  February, 
and  as  far  north  as  Springfield  they  are  southerly  from  April  to  January.  Throughout 
the  northern  half  of  the  state,  except  along  the  shore  of  Lake  Michigan,  where  the} 
vary  from  northeast  to  southwest,  the  winds  are  mostly  from  the  west  or  northwest 
from  October  to  March  and  variable  the  rest  of  the  year. 

Rivers  Flow  South  and  Southwest. 

The  water  courses  flow  generally  from  the  north  and  northeast  to  the  south  and 
southwest.  The  principal  river  is  the  Illinois,  which  is  navigable  for  two  hundred  and 
forty-five  miles  and  which  is  connected  with  Lake  Michigan  by  the  Illinois  and  Mich- 
igan Canal.  Other  rivers  of  the  state  are  the  Sangamon,  which  flows  in  a  westerly 
direction  into  the  Illinois;  the  Kaskaskia,  which  flows  in  a  southwesterly  direction  and 
empties  into  the  Mississippi  near  the  ancient  village  of  Kaskaskia,  the  first  capital  of 
the  state;  Rock  River,  which  flows  in  a  southwesterly  direction  from  Wisconsin  and 
empties  into  the  Mississippi  not  far  from  the  City  of  Rock  Island;  the  Little  Wabash 
and  the  Embarras,  which  flow  into  the  Wabash  in  the  southeastern  part  of  the  state; 
and  the  Vermillion  and  the  Fox,  which  are  tributaries  of  the  Illinois. 

Soil  A  Rich  Black  Loam. 

The  soil  consists  of  a  rich  black  loam,  or  mold,  underlaid  by  drift  deposits  in  many 
places  of  great  depth.  There  are  three  sources  of  Illinois  soil.  The  residuary  soil,  re- 
sulting from  the  decay  of  the  original  rock  layers,  is  the  first.  Before  the  visit  of 
the  first  ice  sheet,  the  entire  state  was  probably  overlaid  with  thick  layers  of  residuary 
soil.  A  second  kind  of  soil  came  from  the  first  ice  sheet,  which  brought  into  the  state 
great  quantities  of  waste  material  from  the  regions  around  and  beyond  the  lakes.  This 
was  left  scattered  over  the  state,  but  it  soon  weathered  and  with  the  addition  of  humus 
made  a  black  and  rich  prairie  soil. 

After  the  disappearence  of  the  first  ice  sheet  and  the  making  of  the  waste  ma- 
terial into  soil,  there  was  a  thick  deposit  of  loess,  which  covered  not  only  the  glacial 
soil  but  the  residuary  soil.  After  thousands  of  years  there  was  a  second  ice  invasion 
which  reached  as  far  south  and  west  as  a  line  traced  west  and  north  from  Paris.  A 
second  glacial  layer  of  waste,  several  feet  thick,  was  thus  left  upon  the  loess  beds.  Illi- 
nois consequently  has  soil  whose  source  is  the  residuary  rocks,  soil  from  the  loess  de- 
posits and  in  the  northeastern  counties  soil  from  the  last  ice  sheet.  The  soil  of  the 
river  valleys  is  alluvial  and  is  especially  fertile. 


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Over  12,000  Miles  of  Railroads 

The  State  of  Illinois  has  at  present  over  12,000  miles  of  railroads  and  4,000 
miles  of  electric  railways.  Chicago  is  the  greatest  railroad  terminus  in  the  United 
States,  with  more  roads  entering  than  any  other  city  in  the  world.  The  first  rail- 
way constructed  in  the  West  was  the  Northern  Cross  Railroad  from  Meredosia  on 
the  Illinois  River  to  Springfield.  This  was  completed  in  1842,  but  even  eight  years 
later  there  were  only  11 1  miles  of  railroad  in  the  state.  The  Illinois  Central  was 
completed  in  1856  and  construction  from  then  on  was  rapid.  By  1870  Illinois  had  a 
greater  railroad  mileage  than  any  other  state  in  the  Union. 

Four  thousand  miles  of  Illinois'  rivers  are  navigable  and  about  sixty-five  miles  of 
the  shore  line  of  Lake  Michigan  lie  within  the  state.  The  Mississippi  River  is  con- 
nected with  the  Great  Lakes  by  the  Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal,  which  extends  from 
the  Chicago  River  to  La  Salle  on  the  Illinoi  River,  a  distance  of  nearly  a  hundred  miles. 
The  Chicago  Drainage  Canal,  extending  from  Lake  Michigan  to  the  Des  Plaines  River 
and  thence  to  the  Illinois  River,  gives  connection  with  the  Mississippi.  Still  another 
canal  connects  the  Illinois  River  at  Hennepin,  a  few  miles  below  La  Salle,  with  the 
Mississippi  at  Rock  Island. 

Most  Important  Manufacturing  State  West  of  the  Alleghanies 

Three  factors  have  contributed  largely  to  Illinois'  importance  as  a  manufactur- 
ing state — abundant  raw  materials,  cheap  coal  and  adequate  transportation  facilities 
both  by  water  and  by  rail.  Illinois  is  easily  the  most  important  manufacturing  state 
west  of  the  Alleghanies. 

In  1923,  according  to  the  last  biennial  census  of  the  Department  of  Commerce  of 
the  United  States,  the  value  of  manufactured  products  produced  within  the  state  was 
$5,041,520,000,  an  increase  of  36.1  per  cent,  over  1921  when  the  total  manufactures 
were  valued  at  $3,705,380,000.  This  total  only  includes  the  output  of  those  factories 
having  an  annual  production  value  in  excess  of  $5,000  and  does  not  include  the  value 
of  contributing  products  that  go  to  make  the  finished  article.  In  other  words  the  total 
is  for  the  value  of  the  products  as  laid  down  to  the  ultimate  consumer. 

In  1923  there  were  654,488  wage  earners  in  the  state,  an  increase  of  25.6  per 
cent,  over  1921,  when  there  were  513,876.  Total  wages  paid  in  1923  were  $913,326,- 
000,  an  increase  of  30.2  per  cent,  as  compared  with  the  $701,530,000  paid  in  1921. 

The  "Foundry  and  Machine  Shop  Industry,"  so  called,  was  the  leading  industry 
in  Illinois  in  1923  as  measured  by  the  number  of  wage  earners  employed.  In  this  in- 
dustry the  total  wage  earners  employed  increased  from  31,766  in  1921  to  46,545  in 
1923,  an  increase  of  46.5  per  cent.  However,  measured  by  the  total  value  of  prod- 
ucts, the  slaughtering  and  meat  packing  industry  is  the  most  important.  In  this  in- 
dustry there  were  36,144  wage  earners  in  1923  —  three-fourths  of  the  number  em- 
ployed in  machine  shops  and  foundries — and  a  reported  total  output  of  $606,321,000, 
an  increase  of  14.9  per  cent,  over  the  192 1  total  of  $527,509,000. 

Comparisons  with  other  years  are  informative  and  interesting.  It  must  be  borne  in 
mind,  however,  that  during  and  immediately  following  the  World  War  conditions  were 
abnormal  and  that  general  prosperity  can  not  be  gauged  by  the  inevitable  decline  from 
the  abnormal  figures  for  production  in  units,  in  value  and  the  amount  paid  in  wages 
during  that  time. 

In  1849,  J  r'5 59  wage  earners,  or  1.4  per  cent,  of  the  population  were  employed  in 
manufactures;  in  1879,  144,727,  or  4.7  per  cent.;  in  1909,  465,764,  or  8.3  per  cent. 

The  gross  per  capita  value  of  products  increased  from  $19.42  in  1849  to  $340.38 
in  1909  and  the  percentage  of  the  total  value  of  the  products  of  manufacturing  in- 
dustries in  the  United  States  from  1.6  per  cent,  in  1849  to  9.3  per  cent,  in  1909. 

Illinois  ranked  fifth  among  the  states  in  the  total  value  of  manufactures  in  1849 
and  third  in  1919.     In  the  last  named  year  there  were  18,593  manufacturing  establish- 


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merits  in  the  state.  These  employed  804,805  persons,  paid  out  $1,075,703,708  in 
salaries  and  wages,  turned  out  products  valued  at  $5,425,244,694  from  materials  cost- 
ing $3,488,270,446  and  thereby  added  a  value  of  $1,946,974,248  in  the  process  of 
manufacture.  These  figures  do  not  include  the  government  arsenal  at  Rock  Island 
which  employs  over  1,500  wage  earners  and  turns  out  products  valued  at  over  $4,000,- 
000  annually. 

In  19 19  the  leading  industries  with  the  number  of  their  establishments  and  the 
average  number  of  workers  employed  was  as  follows:  Slaughtering  and  meat  pack- 
ing, $1,284,103,000,  72  establishments  and  54,179  workers  (23.7  per  cent,  of  the 
total  industrial  output  of  the  state)  ;  foundry  and  machine  shop  products,  $235,404,- 
000,  870  establishments  and  45,879  workers;  men's  clothing,  $197,617,000,  502  estab- 
lishments and  32,896  workers;  iron  and  steel,  steel  works  and  rolling  mills,  $1 73?345i~ 
000,  32  establishments  and  20,177  workers ;  agricultural  implements,  $128,285,000,  68 
establishments  and  22,548  workers;  cars,  steam  railroad,  not  including  operations  of 
railroad  companies,  $125,218,000,  19  establishments  and  13,775  workers;  electrical  ma- 
chinery, apparatus  and  supplies,  $119,528,000,  161  establishments  and  27,290  work- 
ers; flour  mill  and  grist  mill  products.  $116,563,000,  322  establishments  and  2,740 
workers;  printing  and  publishing,  book  and  job,  $110,886,000,  1,240  establishments 
and  21,639  workers;  cars  and  general  shop  construction  and  repairs  by  steam  railroad 
companies,  $103,219,000,  133  establishments  and  40,219  workers;  bread  and  other 
bakery  products,  $102,664,000,  2,345  establishments  and  12,418  workers;  food  prep- 
arations not  elsewhere  specified,  $94,240,000,  134  establishments  and  4,061  workers; 
printing  and  publishing  newspapers  and  periodicals,  $88,946,000,  1,204  establishments 
and  1  o,  1  20  workers;  automobiles,  $77,018,000,  25  establishments  and  3,507  workers; 
confectionery  and  ice  cream,  $73,097,000,  462  establishments  and  8,779  workers;  wom- 
en's clothing,  $68,044,000,  398  establishments  and  10,278  workers;  iron  and  steel, 
blast  furnaces,  $64,762,000,  5  establishments  and  2,129  workers;  refining  petroleum, 
$64,549,000,  13  establishments  and  2,448  workers;  furniture,  $60,771,000,  286  estab- 
lishments and  12,294  workers;  leather,  tanned  curried  and  finished,  $60,324,000,  29 
establishments  and  4,434  workers;  steam,  gas  and  water  engines,  $45,741,000,  25 
establishments  and  8,645  workers;  oleomargerine  an(^  other  butter  substitutes,  $44,- 
256,000,  9  establishments  and  1,311  workers;  steam  fittings  and  steam  and  hot  water 
heating  apparatus,  $43,941,000,  28  establishments  and  9,928  workers;  paints,  $43,- 
062,000,  50  establishments  and  2,640  workers;  tinware,  not  elsewhere  specified,  $42,- 
833,000,  28  establishments  and  5,927  workers. 

The  average  number  of  wage  earners  in  1919  was  653,1 14.  Of  this  number  522,- 
687  were  males  sixteen  years  of  age  and  over,  121,962  were  females  sixteen  years  of 
age  and  over,  and  8,465  (4,518  males  and  3,947  females)  were  under  sixteen  years 
of  age.  The  percentages  for  these  classes  were:  over  sixteen,  males,  88.1;  sixteen  and 
over,  females,  18.9  per  cent.;  under  sixteen,  males,  53.4;  females  46.6.  The  propor- 
tion of  wage  earners  under  sixteen  in  all  manufacturing  industries  combined  was  pro- 
portionately less  in  1919  than  in  1909.  There  was  a  moderate  increase  during  the  dec- 
ade, however,  in  the  proportion  of  female  workers  sixteen  years  of  age  or  over,  while 
the  proportion  of  males  sixteen  years  of  age  or  over  showed  a  slight  decrease. 

In  19 1 9,  over  half  the  wTorkers  employed  in  the  men's  furnishing  goods  industry 
were  females  sixteen  years  of  age  or  over  and  the  same  was  true  of  the  various  branches 
of  the  women's  clothing  industry.  Other  industries  employing  large  numbers  of  females 
sixteen  years  of  age  or  over  were:  bookbinding  and  blankbook  making,  boots  and  shoes, 
paper  and  other  boxes,  bread  and  other  bakery  products,  confectionery  and  ice  cream, 
corsets,  electrical  machinery,  apparatus  and  supplies,  food  preparations,  professional 
and  scientific  instruments,  knit  goods,  millinery  and  lace  goods,  pickles,  preserves  and 
sauces,  printing  and  publishing,  both  book  and  job  and  newspapers  and  periodicals, 
slaughtering  and  meat  packing,  soap,  stamped  and  enameled  ware,  tinware,  tobaccos, 
cigars  and  cigarettes. 


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The  value  of  total  manufactured  products  in  Chicago  alone,  in  1 9 1 9,  was  $3,- 
657,424,471,  or  about  two-thirds  of  the  total.  Joliet  and  East  St.  Louis  held  second 
and  third  place  respectively  among  manufacturing  cities.  The  returns  of  1 9 1 9  showed 
804,805  persons  engaged  in  manufacturing  industries  as  compared  with  617,927  in 
1914  and  561,044  in  1909.  Of  these  49,560  (47,499  males  and  2,061  females)  were 
proprietors  and  officials,  15,282  (14,609  males  and  673  females)  were  proprietors  and 
firm  members,  11,024  (10,485  males  and  539  females)  were  salaried  officers  of  cor- 
porations, 23,254  (22,405  males  and  849  females)  were  superintendents  and  managers, 
102,131  (64,397  males  and  37,734  females)  were  clerks  and  other  subordinate  salaried 
employes  and  653,114    (537,205  males  and  125,909  females)  were  wage  earners. 

Agriculture,  Mining,  Etc. 

Illinois  takes  very  high  rank  as  an  agricultural  state;  31,974,775  acres  being  re- 
ported in  farms  in  1920,  as  compared  with  32,522,937  acres  in  1910,  a  decrease  of 
1.7  per  cent,  for  the  decade.  In  1920,  the  total  number  of  farms  in  the  state  was 
237,181;  the  estimated  value  of  the  land  and  buildings  was  $5,997,993,566  as  com- 
pared with  $3,522,792,570  in  1910.  The  increase  was  70.3  per  cent.  In  1900  the 
average  value  of  a  farm  with  its  equipment  was  $7,600;  in  1910,  $15,505,  and  in  1920, 
$28,108.  The  average  value  of  the  land  per  acre  in  1900  was  $46.17  ;  in  19 10,  $95.02, 
and  in  1920,  $164.20.  The  total  value  of  farm  lands  was  $5,250,294,752  in  1920, 
as  compared  with  $3,090,411,148  in  1910,  a  gain  of  69.9  per  cent.  The  value  of 
farm  buildings  was  $747,698,814  in  1920,  as  compared  with  $432,381,422  in  19 10;  or 
a  gain  of  72.9  per  cent.  The  larger  farms  are  generally  in  the  north,  and  the  smaller  in 
the  extreme  southern  portion  of  the  state. 

The  census  of  1880  showed  the  number  of  tenant  farmers  in  Illinois  to  be  larger 
than  in  any  other  state  of  the  Union,  and  quite  a  little  capital  was  made  of  the  "eighty 
thousand  tenants"  then  operating  Illinois  farms.  In  1920,  Illinois  had  101,196  tenant 
farms  out  of  a  total  of  237,181,  showing  a  decrease  of  3  per  cent,  for  the  decade 
1910-20.  In  1920  owners  operated  132,574  farms  embracing  16,265,076  acres,  which, 
with  buildings,  were  valued  at  $2,691,762,986;  managers  operated  3,411  farms  em- 
bracing 712,850  acres  and  valued  at  $162,318,962;  tenants  operated  101,196  farms 
embracing  14,996,849  acres  and  valued  at  $3,143,911,618.  The  percentage  of  farms 
operated  by  owners  was  55.9,  by  managers  1.4  and  by  tenants  42.7.  The  average  size 
of  the  farms  operated  by  owners  was  122.7  acres,  by  managers  209,  and  by  tenants 
148.2.  The  average  value  of  the  farms  and  buildings  operated  by  owners  was  $20,- 
304,  by  managers  $47,587,  and  by  tenants  $31,068. 

Of  the  132,574  farms  operated  by  owners,  68,892  were  free  from  mortgage,  51,- 
039  were  mortgaged  and  12,643  were  not  reported.  The  percentage  reported  as  mort- 
gaged was  thus  38.5.  In  1920  farms  operated  by  whites  numbered  236,288;  of  these 
214,177  were  operated  by  native-born  whites,  while  22,111  were  operated  by  foreign- 
born  whites.  In  all  9,725  farms  were  operated  by  Germans,  3,285  by  Swedes,  1,368 
by  Englishmen,  916  by  Irishmen,  743  by  Danes,  709  by  Norwegians,  477  by  Austrians, 
401  by  Frenchmen,  964  by  Hollanders,  435  by  Italians,  472  by  Poles,  421  by  Swiss, 
350  by  Canadians,  320  by  Scotchmen  and  1,525  by  natives  of  other  countries.  Colored 
farmers  operated  893  farms,  including  one  operated  by  an  Indian.  The  aggregate 
acreage  operated  by  white  farmers  was  31,917,073,  of  which  27,247,436  acres  was  im- 
proved land.  The  value  of  the  land  and  buildings  of  these  farms  was  $5,991,909,691. 
The  acreage  operated  by  colored  farmers  aggregated  57,702,  of  which  47,097  acres 
were  improved.  The  value  of  the  land  and  buildings  of  colored  farmers  was  $6,083,- 
87^.  The  chief  crops,  with  their  acreage,  yield  and  value  for  the  year  1922  (a  repre- 
sentative year)  were:  corn,  8,819,000  acres,  3  13,074,000  bushels,  $187,844,000;  spring 
wheat,  166,000  acres,  2,407,000  bushels,  $2,575,000;  winter  wheat,  3,030,000  acres, 
53,025,000  bushels,  $56,737,000;  barley,  190,000  acres,  5,605,000  bushels,  $3,251,- 
000;  clover  seed,  210,000  acres,  315,000  bushels,  $3,024,000;  oats,  3,860,000  acres, 


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[10,010,000  bushels,  $42,904,000;  buckwheat,  6,000  acres,  84,000  bushels,  $7  1,000; 
rye,  256,000  acres,  4,096,000  bushels,  $3,072,000;  broom  corn,  21,000  acres,  7,100 
tons,  $1,846,000;  tame  hay,  3,645,000  acres,  5,285,000  tons,  $66,062,000;  sorghum 
syrup,  9,000  acres,  648,000  gallons,  $609,000;  potatoes,  119,000  acres,  7,497,000 
bushels,  $6,747,000;  sweet  potatoes,  9, 000  acres,  855,000  bushels,  $898,000 ;  apples, 
9,720,000  bushels;  peaches,  1,110,000  bushels,  and  pears,  510,500  bushels. 

In  1920,  the  United  States  census  reported  1,296,852  horses,  valued  at  $118,- 
708,874,  on  217,807  farms,  168,274  mules,  valued  at  $20,628,517,  on  59,636  farms; 
2,554  asses  and  burros,  valued  at  $419,698,  on  1,231  farms;  the  total  number  of 
cattle  was  2,788,238,  valued  at  $182,258,690,  on  217,195  farms.  Of  this  number  1 ,- 
283,178,  valued  at  $81,306,470,  were  beef  cattle,  and  1,505,060,  valued  at  $100,952,- 
220,  were  dairy  cattle.  Sheep  numbered  637,685,  valued  at  $7,946,064;  goats  num- 
bered 9,977,  valued  at  $48,291  ;  swine  numbered  4,639,182,  valued  at  $90,203,036; 
poultry  included  25,120,643  chickens,  valued  at  $24,012,534;  107,876  turkeys,  valued 
at  $403,275;  226,791  ducks  valued  at  $258,255;  195,769  geese  valued  at  $469,127; 
hives  of  bees  reported  numbered  162,630,  valued  at  $706,833. 

On  January  1,  1923,  there  were  in  the  state,  1,183,000  horses,  valued  at  $82,- 
810,000;  170,000  mules,  valued  at  $13,090,000;  1,148,000  milch  cows,  valued  at  $64,- 
288,000;  1,561,000  other  cattle,  valued  at  $53,074,000;  516,000  sheep  valued  at  $4,- 
076,000;  and  4,693,000  swine,  valued  at  $58,662,000.  The  wool  clip  of  the  state 
averages    3,600,000  pounds. 

There  are  in  the  state  numbers  of  organizations  whose  purpose  is,  among  others, 
to  foster  the  progress  of  agriculture  to  the  direct  benefit  of  the  individual  and  indirectly 
to  the  state  and  the  nation.  Typical  examples  of  these  are  the  Sears-Roebuck  Agricul- 
tural Foundation,  and  the  Agricultural  Extension  Department  of  the  International 
Harvester  Company.  These  are  of  particular  interest  because  they  are  supported  by 
private  capital,  and  some  details  concerning  the  work  they  carry  on  are  bound  to  be 
of  general  interest.  The  Agricultural  Extension  Department  of  the  International 
Harvester  Company  is  taken  as  an  example  because  of  the  number  of  years  it  has 
carried  on  the  work  selected  for  it  by  its  founders. 

Thirteen  years  ago  Mr.  Cyrus  H.  McCormick,  at  that  time  president  of  the  Har- 
vester Company  but  now  chairman  of  its  board  of  directors,  said: 

"It  is  the  duty  of  every  organization  to  do  something  to  help  build  up  the  com- 
munity in  which  it  does  business,  aside  from  just  the  things  it  is  required  to  do  by  law, 
or  the  things  directly  beneficial  to  itself." 

In  order  that  the  International  Harvester  Company  might  effectively  discharge 
this  duty  of  citizenship  in  a  way  that  would  do  the  greatest  amount  of  good  to  the 
greatest  number  of  people,  it  organized  an  Agricultural  Extension  Department. 

This  department  is  distinctly  educational  in  its  functions.  Nothing  that  can  be 
construed  as  propaganda  for  the  sale  of  the  company's  products  is  permitted  to  enter 
into  its  work.  It  offers  its  services  to  help  any  community,  but  it  will  serve  that  com- 
munity only  in  co-operation  with  the  people. 

The  company  has  always  made  the  work  of  the  department  co-operative.  It  be- 
lieves it  can  best  serve  the  public  by  working  with  the  people  who  want  to  do  some- 
thing for  themselves.  It  believes  in  the  truth  of  the  statement  that  you  can't  make  a 
mathematician  out  of  a  boy  by  working  his  problems  for  him. 

Every  community  must  work  out  its  own  problems,  but  the  department  will  send 
its  workers  anywhere  and  do  anything  it  can  to  help  in  any  movement  that  means  a 
better,  a  more  efficient,  community. 

To  increase  production,  improve  marketing  conditions,  eliminate  waste,  improve 
living  conditions  in  town  and  country,  give  more  prosperity  to  the  farmer,  make  house- 
work easier  for  the  farmer's  wife,  provide  better  schools  for  the  farm  boy  and  girl  and 


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create  within  them  love  for  the  farm  and  greater  interest  in  agriculture — these  are  the 
things  to  which  the  Agricultural  Extension  Department  of  the  International  Harvester 
Company  gives  its  entire  attention,  because  these  things  mean  a  more  efficient,  a  more 
prosperous,  a  happier  people. 

The  educational  work  of  the  department  is  not  confined  to  any  single  community, 
or  to  any  special  section  of  the  country.  It  is  carried  on  in  all  parts  of  the  United 
States.  It  takes  the  department  members  into  the  country,  into  the  small  towns,  into 
the  more  populous  cities.  It  brings  them  in  contact  with  all  classes  of  people  living 
amid  varied  environment  and  surrounded  with  various  conditions. 

The  department  is  interested  in  schools  because  it  is  in  the  schools  that  our  future 
citizens  are  being  developed. 

The  department  is  interested  in  towns  and  cities  because  these  are  the  trading  cen- 
ters of  our  vast  population. 

The  department  is  especially  interested  in  the  farms  and  the  farm  homes,  because  it 
is  upon  the  farmers  and  their  families,  and  the  soil  they  till,  that  all  the  rest  of  the 
world  depends. 

The  real  prosperity  of  both  town  and  country  lies  hidden  in  the  fertility  of  the 
soil.  Primarily  the  purchasing  power  of  a  people  is  measured  by  the  produc- 
ing power  of  their  farms. 

The  Extension  Department  of  the  Harvester  Company  offers  its  services  along 
various  lines. 

It  co-operates  with  communities  in  holding  short  courses  or  community  meetings  or 
in  conducting  more  extensive  educational  campaigns.  It  furnishes  a  crew  of  ex- 
perienced speakers,  demonstrators  and  practical  farmers  who  carry  lecture  charts,  lan- 
tern slides,  and  motion  picture  reels  to  illustrate  their  talks.  They  hold  meetings  in 
halls,  churches,  school  houses,  empty  store  buildings,  tents,  vacant  lots,  or  out  on  the 
farms — wherever  the  people  can  gather  to  hear  them,  and  they  discuss  the  problem  that 
is  most  important  to  the  community — corn,  oats,  wheat,  alfalfa,  poultry,  dairying, 
diversified  farming,  animal  or  plant  diseases,  insect  pests,  gardening,  canning  and  stor- 
ing of  fruits  and  vegetables,  sanitation,  home  economics,  home  ownership,  better  coun- 
try schools,  community  development. 

The  department  has  conducted  approximately  16,000  campaign,  short  course  and 
community  meetings  which  were  attended  by  more  than  1,800,000  people. 

The  department  has  prepared  lecture  charts,  lantern  slides  and  motion  picture  reels, 
covering  nearly  all  farm,  home  and  community  subjects.  These  are  loaned  to  county 
agricultural  agents,  farmers'  organizations,  chambers  of  commerce,  educators  or  educa- 
tional institutions — in  short,  to  any  individual  or  organization  who  really  wants  to 
help  a  community.     The  only  charge  for  this  service  is  for  transportation  of  material. 

These  charts,  slides  and  reels  have  been  used  at  about  56,500  meetings,  and  nearly 
10,000,000  people  have  been  benefited  by  their  use. 

Oftentimes  a  county  agent,  farm  bureau  or  other  agricultural  or  educational 
worker  or  organization  is  in  need  of  charts  or  lantern  slides  showing  their  own  ideas 
on  local  problems.  The  department  is  glad  to  offer  the  use  of  its  art  division  in 
preparing  these  charts  or  slides  and  the  only  charge  is  the  actual  cost  of  material  and 
the  time  of  the  artist. 

The  Extension  Department  has  published  about  100  different  booklets,  covering  a 
wide  range  of  subjects  having  to  do  with  better  farming,  better  communities,  better 
schools  and  better  homes.  These  booklets  are  furnished  at  actual  cost  to  individuals, 
bankers  and  commercial,  educational  and  agricultural  organizations.  Merchants,  bank- 
ers, business  men  and  public  spirited  citizens  or  organizations  who  wish  to  co-operate  in 
getting  these  books  into  the  hands  of  those  who  will  be  most  benefited  by  them,  can 


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have  their  message  to  their  home  folks  printed  on  the  back  cover  page  without  addi- 
tional charge.     Over  8,000,000  copies  have  been  distributed. 

The  department  also  furnishes  newspapers,  farm  journals  and  other  publications, 
or  any  county  agent,  on  request,  special  articles  on  any  phase  of  agriculture,  the  farm 
home,  the  country  school,  or  community  development.  Xo  charge  is  made  for  these 
articles,  and  cuts  or  photographs  for  illustrating  them  are  furnished  at  cost.  They  have 
appeared  in  over  6,000  .American  publications,  reaching  oxer  100  million  people — 
practically  the  entire  population  of  the  United  States. 

The  department  has  a  complete  library  of  agricultural  information,  including  Fed- 
eral, state  and  experiment  station  bulletins,  and  is  always  glad  to  answer  any  inquiries 
or  furnish  any  information  within  its  power  to  furnish. 

Since  1913  the  department  has  been  operating  two  farms,  one  in  South  Dakota, 
and  the  other  in  North  Dakota,  for  the  purpose  of  demonstrating  the  most  profitable 
methods  of  farming  in  the  northwest.  For  the  same  purpose  the  company  has  recent- 
ly leased  a  farm  in  Alabama  and  another  in  Western  Canada. 

During  the  past  nine  years  the  department  has,  in  one  way  or  another,  helped 
men  and  women,  boys  and  girls,  in  every  state  of  the  Union,  Alaska,  Hawaii,  the 
Philippines,  Canada,  Mexico,  Peru,  Argentine,  Porto  Rico,  Holland,  France,  Russia 
and  China. 

The  Agricultural  Extension  Department  is  making  no  efforts  to  bring  direct  bene- 
fits to  the  company,  except  that  the  company,  as  a  citizen,  will  be  benefited  in  the 
same  measure  as  any  other  citizen  is  benefited.  The  sole  purpose  of  the  department 
is  to  think  of  others — to  serve  as  a  medium  through  which  the  duty  of  the  Interna- 
tional Harvester  Company  toward  the  welfare  of  the  human  family  may  find  effective 
expression. 

Illinois,  which  ranked  twenty-third  in  size  and  third  in  population  in  1920,  ranked 
fourth  among  the  states  in  value  of  mineral  products  for  the  year  191 9 — the  date  of 
the  last  census  of  manufacturers.  It  ranked  third  in  the  total  number  of  persons  en- 
gaged in  the  mining  industries  and  in  the  average  number  of  wage  earners  employed. 

The  gross  value  of  mineral  products  for  the  state  was  $178,673,065,  an  increase 
of  1 33. 1  per  cent,  for  the  decade.  The  industries  reported,  ranked  according  to  value 
of  products,  were  coal  mining,  petroleum  and  natural-gas  production,  limestone  quarry- 
ing, fluorspar  mining,  sandstone  quarrying,  lead  and  zinc  mining,  clay  mining,  mining  of 
abrasive  materials  (tripoli),  and  pyrite  mining.  The  principal  mining  industry,  coal, 
reported  products  valued  at  $138,767,835,  which  was  77.7  per  cent,  of  the  total  value 
of  products  of  all  mining  industries.  Illinois  ranked  third  among  the  states  in  the  value 
of  products  of  coal  mines.  The  coal-producing  area  of  the  state  is  part  of  the  Eastern 
Interior  Coal  Field,  which  extends  into  Indiana  and  Kentucky,  and  covers  approximate- 
ly 35,000  square  miles  in  forty-eight  counties  in  Illinois  and  furnishes  bituminous  coal 
chiefly  for  steam  and  domestic  use.  In  the  year  named  there  were  447  coal-mining  en- 
terprises, with  73,780  wage-earners.  Petroleum  and  natural-gas  production  ranked  sec- 
ond in  importance,  with  an  output  valued  at  $31,171,904,  placing  Illinois  ninth  among 
the  states  in  this  industry.  The  productive  oil  and  gas  operations  in  Illinois  extend 
over  an  area  of  approximately  4,500  miles,  in  sixteen  counties,  which  is  part  of  an  oil 
field  including  also  the  southwestern  counties  of  Indiana.  The  quarrying  industries  are 
well  distributed  throughout  the  state  and  furnished  not  only  stone  for  construction  work, 
but  also  limestone  for  various  other  purposes,  and  sandstone  from  which  a  large  part  of 
the  United  States  silica  supply  is  derived.  Illinois  is  the  leading  state  in  the  Union  in 
the  production  of  fluorspar,  which  is  obtained  in  Hardin  County. 

The  total  number  of  mining  enterprises  in  the  state  according  to  the  latest  re- 
turns is  772,  of  which  447  are  concerned  with  the  production  of  bituminous  coal,  236 
with  petroleum  and  natural  gas,  forty-one  with  limestone,  fifteen  with  sandstone,  six 
with  lead  and  zinc,  ten  with  clay,  five  with  abrasive  materials,  eleven  fluorspar  and  one 


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pyrite.  The  total  capital  invested  in  mining  enterprises  was  $23  1,836,571,  of  which 
$166,669,312  was  invested  in  coal  mining,  $46,207,394  in  petroleum  and  natural  gas 
enterprises,  $8,810,097  in  limestone,  $3,788,564  in  sandstone,  and  $1,472,582  in  clay 
enterprises.  The  total  numher  of  persons  engaged  in  mining  industries  was  84,309,  of 
whom  77,825  were  connected  with  coal  enterprises,  3,506  with  petroleum  and  natural 
gas,  and  1,448  with  limestone-quarrying  enterprises.  The  total  number  of  wage  earn- 
ers was  79,123,  of  whom  73,780  were  employed  in  coal  production,  and  2,752  in 
petroleum  and  natural  gas  production. 

In  1922  Illinois  produced  59,100,000  short  tons  of  coal,  as  compared  with  69,- 
602,763  tons  in  1921,  and  88,724,893  tons  in  1920.  Petroleum  produced  during  the 
same  years  totaled  9,363,000  barrels  in  1922;  10,043,000  barrels  in  192  1,  and  10,- 
774,000  barrels  in  1920.  Natural  gas  production  was  2,646,000,000  cubic  feet  in 
1921. 

First  Corporation  Chartered  in  18 16 

The  first  corporation  in  the  state  was  the  Bank  of  Shawneetown,  chartered  in  18  16. 
Since  then  well  in  excess  of  100,000  corporations  have  been  created.  Between  the 
adoption  of  the  constitution  of  18  18  and  that  of  1848  about  2,700  corporations  were 
created  by  special  acts.  In  1824  the  first  statute  in  the  nature  of  a  general  corporation 
act  was  approved.  Manufacturing  companies  could  be  created  by  filing  articles  of  in- 
corporation with  the  state  at  a  cost  of  seventy-five  cents.  This  statute,  however,  re- 
mained a  dead  letter.  The  constitution  of  1848  authorized  the  creation  of  corpora- 
tions by  general  law  and  prohibited  their  creation  by  special  act,  except  for  municipal 
purposes  and  in  cases  where  the  general  assembly  thought  that  the  object  of  the  cor- 
poration could  not  be  obtained  under  general  laws. 

Corporations,  nevertheless,  were  still  created  by  special  acts  and  the  double  sys- 
tem lasted  until  1870.  Then,  because  of  the  numerous  evils  arising  under  the  system, 
the  new  constitution  prohibited  the  legislature  from  creating  corporations  by  special 
act  except  for  charitable,  educational,  penal  or  reformatory  purposes,  and  these  cor- 
porations  were    to    remain   under   the    control  of  the  state. 

The  first  corDoration  created  under  the  general  law  was  the  Illinois  and  Missis- 
sippi Telegraph  Company,  whose  articles  were  filed  May  2,  1849.  From  that  time 
until  July  1,  1872,  when  the  present  general  corporation  act  went  into  effect,  2,200 
corporations  filed  articles  in  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state.  This  was  an  average 
of  less  than  100  corporations  a  year.    The  present  average  is  about  3,300  a  year. 

On  May  1,  191 6,  the  total  number  of  corporations  licensed  to  do  business  at  one 
time  or  another  in  the  state  was  93,908.  Not  over  5,000  of  these  were  created  in  the 
first  half  century  of  the  state's  history,  and  only  30,308  were  created  in  the  first 
seventy-five  years.  In  the  last  thirty-five  years  about  80,000  corporations  have  been 
registered.  The  greatest  increase  took  place  in  the  decade  between  1882  and  1892, 
which  showed  a  gain  of  nearly  300  per  cent,  over  the  previous  ten  years.  The  in- 
crease now  is  comparatively  uniform  each  decade  showing  a  gain  of  about  twenty-five 
per  cent. 

In  1915  domestic  corporations  paid  fees  of  $222,756  and  foreign  corporations  paid 
$97,314.  The  law  requires  corporations  organized  for  profit  to  make  a  yearly  report, 
and  in  February,  1 9 1 5,  15,900  Illinois  corporations  and  2,280  foreign  corporations 
reported  to  the  secretary  of  state,  making  an  apparent  total  of  18,180  corporations  do- 
ing business  then. 

These  figures,  however,  do  not  include  banks,  home  building  and  loan  associations, 
which  report  to  the  auditor  of  public  accounts,  and  superintendent  of  insurance.  More- 
over, annual  reports  are  not  required  from  the  railroads.  For  these  reasons  it  seems 
fair  to  assume  that  above  30,000  corporations  are  now  active  in  the  state. 

Illinois  now  ranks  next  to  New  York  and  Pennsylvania  in  the  paid-in  capital  for 
national  banks.    This  system  established  in  February,  1863,  was  a  success  and  achieved 


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the  purposes  for  which  it  was  primarily  created;  the  establishment  of  a  market  for 
government  bonds,  the  establishment  of  a  uniform  currency,  and  the  abolition  of  "wild 
cat"  currency. 

The  national  banking  law  followed,  in  Illinois,  the  "Free  Banking  Law"  of  1851 
under  which  115  banks  of  issue  were  in  operation  just  prior  to  the  Civil  War;  these 
banks  issued  nearly  1,000  different  kinds  of  bills  and  counterfeiting  was  easy.  The  new 
law  remedied  these  evils.  Banking  showed  a  steady  growth,  though  slow  at  first.  From 
October  14,  1900,  to  October  31,  19 15,  305  national  banks  with  a  total  capital  of  $20,- 
333,500  were  organized. 

These  banks  fall  into  three  general  classes:  those  with  a  capital  of  $25,000,  those 
with  capital  of  $25,000  to  $50,000  and  those  with  over  $50,000.  During  the  time  in- 
dicated, 182  banks  of  the  first  class  with  a  total  capital  of  $4,500,000;  twenty-one  of 
the  second  class  with  a  total  capital  of  $733,500,  and  102  of  the  third  class  with  a 
total  capital  of  $15,050,000  were  organized.  Since  1 9 1 5  there  has  been  an  increase  in 
the  number  of  banks  and  a  much  greater  increase  in  total  capitalization. 

In  September,  1922,  501  national  banks  reported;  their  combined  capital  at  that 
time  was  $90,680,000.  Other  banks  also  are  strong.  Thus  in  June,  1922,  1,406  banks 
other  than  national  reported  aggregate  resources  of  $2,043,227,000. 

Some  provisions  of  the  laws  other  than  those  already  indicated  are:  no  state  bank 
shall  be  created  and  the  state  shall  not  own  stock  in  any  corporation  for  banking  pur- 
poses; every  stockholder  in  a  banking  corporation  shall  be  individually  liable  to  its 
creditors  for  double  the  amount  of  the  stock  held;  the  rolling  stock  and  all  other  mov- 
able property  of  all  railroads  in  the  state  are  to  be  considered  personal  property,  and 
subject  to  execution  for  debt  of  such  companies;  rail  corporations  are  prohibited  from 
consolidating  with  parallel  or  competing  lines;  all  railroads  in  the  state  are  declared 
to  be  public  highways,  and  free  to  all  persons  for  the  transportation  of  their  persons 
and  property  thereon,  under  such  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  law — the 
general  assembly  to  establish  reasonable  maximum  rates  of  charges  for  the  transporta- 
tion of  passengers  and  freight;  the  right  of  eminent  domain  by  the  state  against  such 
corporations  shall  never  be  abridged;  the  general  assembly  by  appropriate  legislation 
shall  prevent  unjust  discrimination  and  extortion  in  the  rates  of  passenger  and  freight 
tariffs  on  all  railroads  in  the  state;  appropriate  legislation  is  authorized  for  the  pro- 
tection of  producers,  receivers  and  shippers  of  grain  and  produce;  the  general  assembly 
is  prohibited  from  releasing  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  from  its  charter  obligation 
to  the  state  to  pay  the  agreed  percentage  of  its  gross  earnings;  and  no  country,  city, 
town  or  township  is  permitted  to  become  a  subscriber  to  the  capital  stock  of  any  rail- 
road, or  private  corporation,  or  to  make  donations  to,  or  to  loan  its  credit,  in  aid  of 
any  such  corporation. 

67.9  Per  Cent,  of  Population  Reside  in  Cities 

In  1920,  67.9  per  cent,  of  the  population  of  the  state  resided  in  cities  of  2,500  or 
over;  in  19  10  the  percentage  was  only  61.7.  In  the  same  years  the  figures  for  the  United 
States  as  a  whole  stood  51.4  and  45.8;  for  the  New  England  States  79.2  and  76.3; 
for  Rhode  Island,  97.5  and  96.7;  for  Massachusetts,  94.8  and  92.8. 

According  to  the  last  census  there  were  forty-six  incorporated  places  in  the  state 
which  had  a  population  of  over  10,000.  Chicago  had  2,701,705.  Seventeen  others 
had  over  25,000  but  less  than  100,000;  the  rest  had  between  10,000  and  25,000.  Ac- 
cording to  the  census  of  1920  the  population  of  the  five  leading  cities  was:  Chicago,  2,- 
701,705;  East  St.  Louis,  66,767;  Peoria,  76,121  ;  Springfield,  59,183;  Rockford,  65,- 
651. 

Some  of  the  other  cities  ranked  as  follows:  Decatur,  43,818;  Joliet,  38,442; 
Quincy,  35,978;  Aurora,  36,397;  Danville,  33,776;  Evanston,  37,234;  Elgin,  27,- 
454;  Bloomington,   28,725;   Moline,  30,734;  Galesburg,  23,834;  Alton,  24,682 ;  Belle- 


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ville,  24,823;  Waukegan,  19,226;  Freeport,  19,669;  Cicero,  44,995;  Cairo,  15,203; 
Jacksonville,  15,753 ;  Champaign,  15,873;  Kewanee,  16,026;  Mattoon,  13,552;  La 
Salle,  13,050;  Lincoln,  11,882. 

Status  and  Division  of  Population 

In  1 8  10,  one  year  after  its  organization  as  a  territory,  the  population  of  Illinois 
was  12,282;  in  1820,  two  years  after  its  admission  as  a  state,  its  population  was  55,- 
211,  and  in  rank  it  was  the  twenty-fourth  state  in  the  Union;  in  1830  its  population  was 
157,445  and  its  rank  the  twentieth;  in  1840  its  population  was  476,183  and  its  rank 
the  fourteenth;  in  1850  its  population  was  851,470  and  its  rank  the  eleventh;  in  i860 
its  population  was  1,71 1,951  and  its  rank  the  fourth;  in  1870  its  population  was  2,- 
539,891  and  its  rank  the  same  as  in  i860;  in  1880  its  population  was  3,077,871  and 
its  rank  still  fourth;  in  1890  its  population  was  3,826,351  and  its  rank  the  third;  in 
1900  its  population  had  increased  to  4,821,550  while  its  rank  remained  the  same;  in 
1910  its  population  was  5,638,591  and  its  rank  was  still  third;  in  1920  its  population 
was  6,485,280  and  it  still  retained  third  place. 

An  analysis  of  the  population  as  shown  by  the  census  of  1920  reveals  the  follow- 
ing interesting  facts:  3,066,563,  or  4713  per  cent,  were  native  whites  of  native  parent- 
age;  1,467,036,  or  22.6  per  cent,  were  native  whites  of  foreign  parents;  558,783,  or 

8.6  per  cent,  were  of  mixed  foreign  and  native  parentage;  1,206,951,  or  18.6  per  cent, 
were  foreign  born  whites;  and   182,274,  or  2.8  per  cent,  were  negroes. 

Of  the  total  native  population  about  75  per  cent,  were  born  in  Illinois.  Of  the 
total  white  stock  of  the  foreign  born  (1,206,951),  Germany  contributed  205,491,  or 
17  percent.;  Poland,  162,405,  or  13.5  per  cent.;  Sweden,  105,577,  or  8.7  per  cent.; 
Russia,  1 1 7,899,  or  9.8  per  cent. ;  Italy,  94,407,  or  7.8  per  cent. ;  Ireland,  74,274,  or  6.2 
percent.;  Czecho-Slovakia,  66,709,  or  5.5  per  cent.;  England,  54,247,  or  4.5  per  cent.; 
Austria,  46,457,  or  3.8  per  cent.;  Canada,  38,357,  or  3.1  per  cent.;  Hungary,  34,437, 
or  2.9  per  cent.;  Lithuania,  30,358,  or  2.5  percent.;  Norway,  27,785,  or  2.3  percent.; 
Scotland,  19,598,  or  1.6  per  cent.;  Jugo-Slavia,  19,285,  or  1.6  per  cent.;  Denmark,  17,- 
098,  or  1.4  per  cent. 

Of  the  negro  population  about  sixty-eight  per  cent,  were  born  outside  the  state.  In 
most  of  the  102  counties  the  proportion  of  foreign  born  whites  is  small,  being  less 
than  five  per  cent,  in  fifty-one  counties,  from  five  to  ten  per  cent,  in  twenty-six  counties, 
from  ten  to  fifteen  per  cent,  in  eleven  counties,  from  fifteen  to  twenty-five  per  cent  in 
thirteen  counties,  and  from  twenty-five  to  thirty-five  per  cent,  in  one  (Cook)  county. 

The  foreign  born  white  urban  population  numbered  1,046,677  in  1920,  or  23.8 
per  cent,  of  the  total;  the  foreign  born  white   rural   population   numbered    160,274,   or 

7.7  per  cent,  of  the  total  rural  population;  the  percentage  of  negroes  was  3.7  in  the 
urban  and  1  per  cent,  in  the  rural  districts.  The  male  population  predominates.  In 
1920  there  were  3,304,833  males  to  3,180,447  females,  or  103.9  males  to  100  females. 
Among  native  whites,  in  1920,  the  ratio  was  100.3  t0  IOO>  Dut  among  foreign  born 
whites  it  was  119.6  to  100.  In  the  urban  population,  in  1920,  there  were  101.7  males 
to  100  females,  and  in  the  rural  108.7.  These  people  occupied  1,190,414  dwellings 
and  the  total  number  of  families  was  1,534,077,  or  128.8  families  to  100  dwellings. 

Cook  County  claimed  3,053,017  persons;  St.  Clair  County  had  136,520;  Peoria 
County,  111,710;  Madison  County,  106,895;  Sangamon  County,  100,262;  Kane 
County,  99,499;  La  Salle  County,  92,925  ;  Rock  Island  County,  92,297  ;  Will  County, 
92,911,  and  Winnebago  County,  90,929. 

Public  School  System  Excellent 

Illinois  has  an  excellent  public  school  system.  Education  is  free  and  compulsory 
for  children  from  seven  to  fourteen.  In  i860  Illinois  had  464,304  pupils,  8,223  male 
teachers,  6,485  female  teachers,  and  expended  $1,512,211  in  wages,  and  2,259,868  for 


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all  school  purposes.  For  the  school  year  ending  June,  1920,  Illinois  had  an  estimated 
number  of  1,886,010  children  from  five  to  twenty;  1,226,601  enrolled,  an  average 
duration  of  160  school  days,  30,38  1  teachers  in  11,921  public  elementary  schools;  the 
state  expended  for  school  purposes  $51,506,043.  During  this  period  the  average  an- 
nual cost  per  pupil  enrolled  increased  from  less  than  $5  to  about  $62,  and  the  average 
yearly  wage  of  the  teacher  increased  from  a  trifle  over  $100  to  about  $1,100. 

Religious  education  and  training  cannot  be  given  in  the  public  schools,  but  they 
are  fairly  well  cared  for  by  the  churches,  which  in  order  of  their  strength  are  Roman 
Catholic  (1,171,381),  Methodist  (287,931),  Lutheran  (187,746),  Baptist  (114,- 
857),  Presbyterian    (170,492),  Congregational  ( 57,926) ,  and  Episcopalian  (40,725). 

Higher  education  is  provided  for  by  a  number  of  normal  schools,  colleges  and  uni- 
versities. The  public  normal  schools  of  the  state  are  located  as  follows:  The  State 
Normal  University  at  Normal,  the  Southern  Illinois  State  Normal  University  at  Car- 
bondale,  the  Northern  Illinois  Normal  School  at  Dekalb,  the  Eastern  Illinois  Normal 
School  at  Charleston,  and  the  Western  Illinois  Normal  School  at  Macomb.  The  Chi- 
cago Normal  School,  since  1896,  has  been  maintained  by  appropriations  made  by  the 
Chicago  Board  of  Education.  Most  of  the  teachers  of  the  state  receive  at  least  part 
of  their  training  in  these  schools.  In  1922  there  were  260  teachers  and  11,539  stu~ 
dents  in  the  five  public  normal  schools.  There  were  in  addition  five  small  private 
normal  schools  which  contained  forty-two  male  teachers,  forty-seven  female  teachers, 
286  male  students  and  390  female  students. 

In  1 9 1 8  Illinois  had  forty-eight  universities,  colleges  and  schools  of  technology. 
These  employed  2,231  male  professors  and  instructors  and  531  female.  In  the  collegiate 
departments  there  were  8,982  male  students  and  9,229  female;  the  resident  graduate 
students  numbered  2,063  male  and  1,223  female.  Since  19 18  there  has  been  a  great 
increase  in  the  number  of  professors  employed  and  the  students  enrolled. 

The  total  receipts,  exclusive  of  the  additions  to  the  endowment,  were  $9,950,772. 
Of  these  forty-eight  institutions  four  were  exclusively  for  women  and  four  for  men.  In 
1920  the  state  had  ten  theological  schools  with  832  students,  seven  law  schools  with  1,- 
477  students,  two  dental  schools  with  497  students,  one  school  of  pharmacy  with  209 
students  and  two  schools  of  veterinary  medicine  with  650  students. 

The  three  great  universities  of  the  state  are  Northwestern,  Chicago  and  Illinois. 
The  latter  stands  at  the  head  of  the  liberal  system  of  free  public  education.  It  was 
incorporated  as  Illinois  Industrial  University  February  28,  1867,  and  it  was  opened 
March  2,  1868,  at  Urbana.  The  name  was  changed  in  1885.  From  four  teachers  and 
seventy-seven  pupils  in  1868,  it  increased  to  fifty-four  teachers  and  418  pupils  in  1889, 
and  949  teachers  and  officers  and  9,285  students  in  1922.  About  600  of  these  students 
were  in  the  schools  of  medicine,  dentistry  and  pharmacy  at  Chicago. 

Charitable  Institutions  Supervised  By  State 

By  the  act  of  1909,  repassed  in  19 12  and  in  effect  July  1  of  the  last  named  year, 
"all  the  charitable  institutions"  were  placed  under  the  direct  management  of  a  single 
salaried  board  of  administration,  and  subject  to  the  visitation  and  inspection  of  an 
unpaid  state  charities  commission.  The  five  members  of  the  single  board  of  manage- 
ment were  to  be  appointed  by  the  governor  for  a  term  of  six  years,  confirmed  by  the 
senate,  and  required  to  give  all  their  time  to  the  work.  Their  salary  was  to  be  $6,000. 
The  state  treasurer  is  treasurer  for  all  the  institutions.  One  member  of  the  board  of 
administration,  as  fiscal  supervisor  was  to  be  business  manager  for  all  the  institutions. 
All  supplies  were  to  be  purchased  on  competitive  bids,  and  a  uniform  system  of  ac- 
counts and  purchases  was  to  be  maintained.  One  member  of  the  board  of  administra- 
tion was  required  to  be  a  trained  specialist  in  the  care  of  the  insane,  who  form  the 
largest  group  in  the  state  institutions. 


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In  addition  to  this  highly  centralized  system  of  administration,  there  were  the  fol- 
lowing elaborate  provisions  for  the  inspection  and  investigation  of  the  institutions:  By 
the  board  of  administration  itself;  by  the  unpaid  charities  commission,  which  acts  large- 
ly through  the  executive  secretary;  and  by  the  local  boards  of  visitors  for  each  institu- 
tion. The  charities  commission  was  to  have  the  supervisory  and  visitorial  power  of 
the  old  board  of  public  charities.  Its  duty  was  purely  advisory  and  recommendatory, 
based  upon  independent  investigation  into  the  whole  field  of  public  and  private  chari- 
ties. The  law  required  the  commission  to  inspect  all  state  charitable  institutions,  all 
jails,  alms  houses,  workhouses,  houses  of  correction,  all  private  institutions  for  nervous 
and  mental  diseases  and  for  the  care  of  children,  to  which  the  board  of  administration 
issues  its  license. 

In  1922  there  were  twenty  charitable  institutions  under  the  management  and  con- 
trol of  the  board  of  administration.  They  included  the  State  Hospitals  and  Asylums  for 
the  Insane  at  Chicago,  Kankakee,  Elgin,  Moline,  Jacksonville,  Alton  and  Anna;  the 
Hospital  for  the  Criminal  Insane  at  Chester,  the  School  and  Colony  for  the  Feeble  Mind- 
ed at  Lincoln;  the  Epileptic  Colony  at  Dixon;  the  Psychopathic  Institute  with  clinical 
laboratory  at  the  Kankakee  State  Hospital;  the  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Home  at  Quincy; 
the  Soldiers'  Orphans'  Home  at  Normal;  the  Soldiers'  Widows'  Home  at  Wilmington; 
the  School  for  the  Blind  and  the  School  for  the  Deaf  at  Jacksonville ;  the  Training  School 
for  Girls  at  Geneva;  the  School  for  Boys  at  St.  Charles;  and  the  Charitable  Eye  and 
Ear  Infirmary  and  the  Industrial  Home  for  the  Blind  at  Chicago. 

Twenty-one  thousand  people  were  housed  in  these  institutions,  and  75,000  addi- 
tional people  received  treatment  annually  at  the  Charitable  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary  at 
Chicago.  Farms  are  operated  in  connection  with  most  of  the  institutions,  and  over  1,- 
500  head  of  cattle  are  maintained  on  the  institution  farms.  Kindness  is  practiced  to- 
ward the  inmates  and  the  3,500  employes  are  well  treated.  The  latter  have  an  eight- 
hour  day,  and  one  day's  rest  out  of  seven.  The  cost  of  maintenance  is  about  $5,500,- 
000  yearly. 

Revenue  and  Taxes 

The  general  assembly  is  empowered  to  provide  needed  revenue  by  levying  a  tax, 
by  valuation,  so  that  every  person  and  corporation  pays  a  tax  in  proportion  to  the 
value  of  his,  or  hers,  or  its  property.  Certain  property,  however, — religious,  chari- 
table, etc. — may  be  exempted  by  general  law.  The  so-called  "general  property  tax," 
which  is  the  chief  support  of  state  and  local  government,  is  assessed  upon  real  and  per- 
sonal property  at  a  supposed  valuation  of  one-third  of  its  "fair  cash  value." 

In  Cook  County  and  the  counties  not  under  township  organization,  the  assessment 
of  taxes  is  largely  a  county  affair;  in  other  places  it  is  entrusted  to  the  town  assessors. 
Assessments  are  subject  to  revision  by  a  county  board  of  review  and  the  state  board  of 
equalization.  The  latter  consists  of  twenty-six  members,  elected  by  congressional  dis- 
tricts. There  is  also  an  ex-officio  state  tax  levy  board  and  a  court  of  claims.  Other 
sources  of  revenue  for  the  state  are  the  inheritance  tax  and  a  special  tax  on  the  Illinois 
Central  Railroad — seven  per  cent,  of  the  gross  earnings.  This  tax  in  the  first  fifty-one 
years  amounted  to  $24,400,446.27 ;  for  some  time  it  has  yielded  over  a  million  dollars 
a  year. 

For  municipal  governments  there  are  licenses  and  similar  charges.  After  the  war 
Illinois  faced  an  increase  of  thirty-three  and  one-third  per  cent,  in  governmental  costs. 
The  amount  asked,  about  $55,000,000,  was  twice  the  amounts  appropriated  in  the  years 
preceding  the  war. 


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Qhicago—  The  Qreat  Qentral  ^Market 

jNCE  the  slogan  of  Chicago  was  "I  Will."  The  great  fire  of  1870  was  then 
a  few  clays  old.  A  city  was  in  ruins.  Perhaps  it  is  too  early  for  a  great 
f|  community  of  persons  to  say  "I  Have."  Perhaps  a  great  community  of 
J  persons  is  too  modest  to  hoast,  to  even  assert  a  justifiable  pride  while  still 
engaged  with  great  endeavors,  with  the  building  of  the  third  city  of  the  world 
to  one  of  the  most  beautiful.  An  outsider  might  say,  however,  "You  Have,"  and  the 
personification  of  the  city  might  nod  a  partial  assent  and  add:  "But  there  is  yet  more 
that  I  will  do." 

Statistics  will  not  tell  the  story,  as  eloquent  as  statistics  can  be,  but  a  comparison 
will  help.  In  1  830  a  hundred  persons  were  clustered  about  the  mouth  of  the  Chicago 
River,  dwellers  in  a  few  log  cabins.  In  1925 — ninety-five  years  later,  the  Tribune 
Tower,  a  structure  rising  thirty-six  stories  from  the  street  level,  built  to  supply  office 
space  for  4,000  persons,  was  completed. 

The  estimated  population  of  Chicago  on  February  12,  192^  (compiled  by  the  Chi- 
cago Association  of  Commerce),  was  3,000,000  persons.  The  population  of  the 
metropolitan  area  of  Chicago  was  4,000,000,  the  estimates  being  based  on  an  average 
increase  of  318  persons  a  day.  It  is  estimated  that  there  are  707,787  families  in  Chi- 
cago, and  79,200  in  the  suburbs,  a  total  of  786,897  families  in  the  metropolitan  area. 
For  Chicago  alone  a  gain  of  200,897  families  is  predicted  by  1940. 

So  much  for  population.  A  city  grows  because  of  natural  advantages,  because  of 
chance,  and  because  of  the  enterprise  of  its  people.  Fhe  combination  of  all  three  ele- 
ments has  made  Chicago  what  it  is.  Once  grown,  or  growing,  however,  it  is  no  un- 
wise thing  to  take  stock  of  the  character  and  direction  of  the  growth,  to  direct  it  into 
harmonious  lines,  to  make  a  city  beautiful,  convenient  and  comfortable. 

The  growth  of  Chicago  was  entirely  unseen  at  the  outset,  and  was  on  lines  result- 
ing from  circumstance  and  the  conditions  of  the  locality.  The  original  reason  for  the 
settlement  was  the  location  in  a  vicinity  near  a  harbor  on  Lake  Michigan  and  near  a 
portage  between  the  waters  of  the  lake  and  the  affluents  of  the  Mississippi.  In  many 
ways  the  site  was  inconvenient,  the  ground  being  flat  and  marshy.  As  the  population 
increased  streets  were  extended  along  the  lake  and  westward  over  the  prairie.  Follow- 
ing the  World's  Fair  in  1893,  due  to  tne  enterprise  and  interest  of  several  prominent 
citizens,  serious  study  was  given  to  the  re-creation  of  the  city  lines  in  such  a  way  as  to 
secure  further  developments  in  accordance  with  the  fundamental  principles  of  beauty 
and  advantage. 

After  careful  study  a  systematic  plan  was  evolved  by  the  commissions  created  for 
the  purpose.  It  was  suggested  that  the  heart  of  the  city  should  be  connected  with  the 
surrounding  districts  by  two  great  arterial  systems;  that  certain  existing  streets  should 
be  widened  and  made  main  arteries  of  commerce;  and  that  the  park  system  should  be 
extended  so  as  to  create  a  park  belt  by  acquiring  another  system  of  parks  more  re- 
mote from  the  then  settled  area  and  by  adding  a  considerable  number  of  small  parks. 
I  his  was  in  1909. 

The  original  plan  has  since  been  greatly  extended,  and  under  the  direction  of  what 
is  now  known  as  the  Chicago  Plan  Commission,  the  original  members  having  been  ap- 
pointed by  the  Chicago  Commercial  Club,  great  strides  have  been  made  in  realizing  the 
ambition  to  make  Chicago  one  of  the  world's  most  beautiful  cities.  In  the  forefront  of 
those  who  have  given  of  their  time  and  energy  to  the  realization  of  the  Chicago  Plan 
is  Charles  H.  Wacker,  present  chairman  of  the  commission;  Edward  H.  Bennett,  and 
the  late  Daniel  H.  Burnham. 

Within  the  last  few7  years  the  citizens  of  and  the  visitors  to  Chicago  have  seen 
Michigan  Boulevard  widened,  the  great  double-decked,  jack-knife  bridge  thrown  across 


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the  Chicago  River,  shallows  all  along  the  lake  front  filled  in  as  work  on  the  great  outer 
drive  progressed,  the  building  or  the  Stadium  in  Grant  Park,  the  building  of  the  new 
Field  Museum  of  Natural  History,  the  wrecking  of  old  South  Water  Street  and  the 
beginning  of  the  work  on  the  new  river  drive,  the  extension  of  parks  and  playgrounds, 
and  a  host  of  other  improvements  all  looking  toward  the  ultimate  creation  of  the  City 
Beautiful  and  the  City  Comfortable. 

To  revert  again  to  the  inevitable  statistics,  which,  like  the  poor,  we  have  always 
with  us  in  this  age  of  commercial  enterprise  :  there  are  in  the  Loop  district  of  Chicago 
1 60  skyscrapers,  with  new  structures  arising  each  year.  Within  the  Loop  300,000 
workers  gather  each  day,  and  each  day  20,000  street  cars,  150,000  vehicles,  and  1,- 
000,000  pedestrians  pass  in  and  out.  An  average  city  block  of  ground  in  the  district  is 
worth  $12,000,000. 

And  for  more  statistics:  Chicago  is  the  world's  greatest  railroad  center.  Twenty- 
four  trunk  lines  and  fifteen  terminal  railroads  operate  in  Chicago,  along  writh  seven  elec- 
tric interurban  lines.  Forty  per  cent,  of  the  railroad  mileage  in  the  United  States 
radiates  from  Chicago,  and  thirty-three  per  cent,  of  the  belt  line  mileage  encircles  it. 
Chicago  has  more  than  1,400  passenger  trains  daily  in  and  out  of  six  terminals,  approx- 
imately one  each  minute;  and  these  trains  carry  some  61,000,000  persons  annually. 
More  than  100  freight  yards  receive  and  dispatch,  annually,  some  20,330,000  freight 
cars.  Twenty-five  hundred  through  package  cars,  for  1,800  destinations  in  forty-four 
states,  leave  Chicago  daily. 

One  railroad  that  visitors  to  the  city  seldom  see  is  the  underground  railway  of  the 
Chicago  Tunnel  Company,  which  has  sixty  miles  of  track,  3,000  cars,  and  132  electric 
locomotives  transporting  freight  between  shipping  centers  and  business  establishments 
in  the  downtown  area.     The  tunnels  are  six  feet  wide  and  seven  and  one-half  feet  high. 

What  is  Chicago's  greatest  industry?  The  personification  of  the  city  might  say: 
"Its  people."  The  people,  pointing  to  the  result  of  effort  and  enterprise,  might  say: 
"Our  packing  houses,  the  largest  in  the  world." 

But  Chicago  is  also  a  great  banking  center;  its  retail  merchandising  establishments 
are  second  to  none;  its  steel  and  cement  plants  stretch  for  miles  along  the  southern  shore 
of  the  lake,  lighting  the  night  with  tongues  of  flame,  transmuting  ore  into  the  beginning 
of  a  thousand  shapes  and  uses.  There  is  little  that  Chicago  does  not  make  in  some 
form,  and  less  that  it  does  not  use.  A  river  has  even  been  taught  to  flow  backwards 
to  aid  the  disposal  of  waste. 

Concerning  one  of  Chicago's  industries,  the  details  of  which  may  well  stand  as  an 
example  of  others,  the  Chicago  Association  of  Commerce  in  a  recent  publication  set 
forth  the  following  interesting  facts : 

"In  the  manufacture  of  agricultural  implements  Chicago  has  held  first  place 
among  the  cities  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  world  for  seventy-five  years — that  is, 
ever  since  farm  equipment  manufacture  has  been  a  distinct  industry. 

"According  to  a  census  bulletin  issued  in  1921  and  based  on  figures  obtained  for 
1919,  Illinois  reported  in  that  year  41.5  per  cent,  of  the  total  number  of  wage  earners 
in  the  farm  implement  industry  of  the  United  States,  and  42.1  per  cent,  of  the  total 
value  of  farm  implements  produced.  Though  there  are  large  and  important  agricul- 
tural implement  factories  elsewhere  in  Illinois,  including  those  at  Moline,  Rockford, 
Canton  and  Rock  Falls,  Chicago  can  justly  claim  the  credit  for  the  greater  part  of  the 
leadership  of  Illinois  in  this  industry. 

"A  report  published  by  the  Division  of  Agricultural  Engineering  of  the  United 
States  Department  of  Agriculture,  made  public  in  July,  192 1,  estimated  the  total  value 
of  the  country's  1921  production  of  farm  implements,  tractors,  vehicles  and  other  farm 
equipment,  at  $537,000,000. 

"The  agricultural  machinery  manufactured  in  Chicago  includes  tractors,  binders, 
reapers,   harvester   threshers,   mowers,    rakes,  corn  planters,  corn  cultivators,  corn  har- 


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\  esters,  threshers,  manure  spreaders  and  wagons.  In  addition,  Chicago  leads  the 
United  States  and  the  world  in  the  production  of  binder  twine. 

"Chicago's  farm  implement  and  associated  plants  occupy  467  acres,  or  nearly  three- 
fourths  of  a  square  mile  of  ground,  all  within  the  city  limits.  In  normal  times  these 
factories  employ  more  than  20,000  workers,  and  it  is  estimated  that  about  80,000  per- 
sons in  all,  or  one  thirty-third  of  the  city's  population,  are  directly  dependent  on  these 
factories. 

"Two  of  these  factories  are,  respectively,  the  largest  and  second  largest  agricul- 
tural implement  factories  in  the  world.  Chicago's  two  binder  twine  factories  occupy 
similar  rank  in  that  branch  of  the  farm  equipment  industry. 

"The  supremacy  of  Chicago  in  farm  implement  manufacture  dates  back  to  the 
establishment  by  Cyrus  Hall  McCormick  in  1847  of  his  first  factory,  situated  on  the 
north  bank  of  the  Chicago  River.  It  is  interesting  now  to  recall  that  in  1848  this 
factory  was  able  to  produce  only  700  reapers. 

"Later,  another  of  the  great  pioneers  and  founders  of  the  agricultural  implement 
industry,  William  Deering,  removed  his  factory  to  Chicago,  doubtless  for  reasons  akin 
to  those  which  prompted  Mr.  McCormick  to  choose  this  city  as  his  first  site. 

"In  1902  the  McCormick  and  Deering  companies  and  several  others  united  them- 
selves  in  the  International  Harvester  Company  principally  for  the  purpose  of  extending 
their  trade  in  foreign  fields. 

"  I  his  consolidation  and  the  remarkable  success  that  attended  the  new  company's 
efforts  to  develop  European  trade  up  to  the  beginning  of  the  Great  War,  had  much  to 
do  with  putting  and  keeping  Illinois  and  Chicago  at  the  head  of  America's  agricultural 
implement  industry.  Chicago-made  farm  implements  are  to  be  found  in  every  civilized 
country  on  earth.  They  have  helped  greatly  to  broaden  and  establish  the  city's  repu- 
tation as  a  center  of  progressive  manufacturing  and  of  enterprise  in  seeking  far-off 
markets. 

"The  reasons  that  governed  Cyrus  Hall  McCormick  when  he  chose  Chicago  for 
his  first  factory  are  as  sound  to-day  as  they  were  seventy-five  years  ago.  At  that  time 
there  were  other  communities  in  the  Great  Lakes  region  better  developed  than  Chi- 
cago, which  had  then  a  population  of  only  ]  2,000,  but  Mr.  McCormick  saw  in  Chi- 
cago a  natural  point  for  the  union  of  raw  materials,  transportation  and  labor.  He  fore- 
saw, too,  the  realization  of  the  yast  agricultural  possibilities  of  the  Mississippi  Valley 
which  was  before  long  to  make  the  United  States  the  granary  of  the  world. 

"In  the  after  years  these  reasons  were  to  become  still  stronger.  In  the  marvelous 
era  of  railroad  development  Chicago  was  to  become  the  cross-roads  of  the  country,  and 
vast  stores  of  bituminous  coal  in  Illinois  and  neighboring  states  were  to  provide  an 
abundance  of  the  cheapest  fuel  of  the  country.  Also  there  was  to  come  before  long  the 
discovery  and  development  of  the  iron  ranges  in  Minnesota,  with  their  possibilities  of 
water  transportation. 

"The  judgment  of  the  Chicago  pioneers  and  founders  of  the  farm  implement  in- 
dustry as  to  their  future  market  has  been  strikingly  verified  by  events.  It  is  shown  in 
the  1920  census  that  the  total  value  of  implements  on  the  farms  of  the  United  States 
was  then,  in  round  figures,  $3,600,000,000.  Iowa  held  first  rank  in  this  tabulation  with 
$309,000,000,  and  Illinois  second  with  $222,000,000,  with  Minnesota  third  and  Wis- 
consin fifth.  These  four  states  alone  represented  about  $880,000,000  out  of  the  na- 
tion's total." 

The  leading  manufacturers  of  farm  implements  and  allied  products  in  the  Chicago 
district,  which  embraces  Illinois,  Indiana  and  Wisconsin,  are:  The  International  Har- 
vester Company,  Deere  and  Company,  the  Kmerson-Brantingham  Company,  the 
Moline  Implement  Company,  the  Rock  Island  Plow  Company,  the  Peoria 
Cordage  Company,  the  Peoria   Drill  and  Seeder    Company,    the    Holt    Manufacturing 


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Company,  the  Oliver  Chilled  Plow  Company,  the  Advance  Rumely  Thresher  Company, 
the  J.  I.  Case  Plow  Works  and  the  J.  I.  Case  Threshing  Machine  Company. 

Historically  the  paint  is  still  bright  on  the  Chicago  tradition.  The  French  were 
the  first  white  men  to  follow  the  Indians'  route  down  the  Chicago  River  as  one  line 
of  travel  by  which  the  Mississippi  could  be  reached.  This  seems  to  have  been  in  1673, 
and  the  white  men  were  Marquette  and  Joliet.  In  the  winter  of  1674-5  Marquette 
lived  in  a  cabin  on  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  River,  being  too  ill  to  continue 
his  journey.  Later  there  was  a  French  stockade  on  the  Chicago  portage.  We  were 
not  much  of  a  city  then. 

About  the  time  of  the  Revolutionary  War  a  black  man  from  San  Domingo,  one 
Jean  Baptiste  Point  de  Saible,  arrived  from  over  the  lake  or  through  the  woods  and 
built  himself  a  house  of  squared  logs.  In  1796  this  Jean  Baptiste  sold  his  house  to  a 
French  trader  who  in  turn  sold  it  to  John  Kinzie  in  1803.  Past  the  site  of  that  house 
of  squared  logs,  over  the  Michigan  Boulevard  bridge,  now  pass  some  53,000  vehicles 
between  seven  in  the  morning  and  midnight  of  each  business  day. 

Past  the  site  of  John  Kinzie's  house  on  the  other  side  flows  the  Chicago  River, 
one  of  the  two  rivers  that  make  Chicago  the  greatest  inland  port  of  the  world.  Along 
the  Chicago  and  Calumet  rivers  are  some  fifty-five  miles  of  private  docks,  and  during 
a  recent  year  nearly  10,000  vessels  arrived  and  cleared  the  harbors  of  the  Chicago 
district,  carrying  cargoes  that  totalled  21,000,000  tons.  The  principal  commodities 
transported  are  grain,  lumber,  iron  ore,  coal,  limestone  and  salt.  Of  the  two  rivers 
the  Calumet  has  been  found  to  be  the  better  suited  for  large  vessels  and  heavy  traffic, 
but  the  Chicago  River  with  its  many  bascule,  lift  and  swing  bridges  retains  its  pictur- 
esque character,  and  many  ships  can  be  seen  traveling  its  twisting  course.  Two  large 
projects  are  under  way  for  further  increasing  the  importance  of  Chicago  as  a  port: 
The  Great  Lakes-St.  Lawrence  Waterway,  which  will  permit  vessels  from  the  Atlantic 
Ocean  to  enter  the  Chicago  harbors;  and  the  Lakes-to-Gulf  Waterway,  which  will  con- 
nect the  city  with  the  Gulf  of  Mexico. 

Of  course  the  good  Father  Marquette  would  be  astonished  were  he  today  to  arrive 
at  the  mouth  of  the  Chicago  River  in  a  small  boat.  But  perhaps  the  greatest  astonish- 
ment the  personification  of  the  city  could  provide  for  the  adventurous  priest,  were  he 
to  be  taken  on  a  tour  of  the  city,  would  be  the  great  educational  institutions.  Recall, 
Pere  Marquette  was  educated  in  the  France  of  his  day.  The  facts  of  Chicago's  higher 
halls  of  learning  would  be  enumerated  to  him  thus : 

The  University  of  Chicago  is  the  youngest  of  the  great  American  universities.  It 
was  incorporated  in  1890  and  was  made  possible  through  the  munificent  gifts  of  John 
D.  Rockefeller.  It  covers,  in  all,  nearly  one  hundred  acres  along  the  Midway  Plais- 
ance  and  there  are  more  than  forty  handsome  Gothic  buildings  of  dark  limestone.  Its 
annual  enrollment  is  approximately  11,000  men  and  women  students.  An  era  of 
further  expansion  is  now  in  progress  which  will  comprise  imposing  new  structures  of 
collegiate  Gothic  architecture  on  both  sides  of  the  Midway,  including  a  new  theological 
building,  chapel  and  million  dollar  medical  group. 

There  are  four  divisions  of  the  university's  organization:  the  schools  and  colleges; 
University  Extension;  the  University  Libraries,  Laboratories  and  Museums;  and  the 
University  Press. 

Northwestern  University:  the  Medical  School  is  at  Twenty-fourth  and  Dearborn 
Streets.  This  university  was  opened  in  1855.  At  Lake  and  Dearborn  Streets  is  the 
building  which  at  present  houses  the  Law  School,  Dental  School,  School  of  Commerce, 
and  School  of  Journalism.  The  other  schools  of  the  University  are  situated  fourteen 
miles  north  of  Chicago  in  Evanston.  On  the  Evanston  campus  are  fifteen  academic 
buildings.  The  campus  has  an  erea  of  twenty-five  acres.  And  most  important  of  all 
is  the  University's  new  campus,  to  be  called  the  McKinlock  Memorial  Campus,  ground 


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for  which  has  already  been  broken  in  Chicago  near  Superior  Street  and  Lake  Michigan. 
The  enrollment  exceeds  8,500  students. 

At  Loyola  University,  Sheridan  Road  and  Loyola  Avenue,  the  Father  Marquette 
would  feel  less  strange.  Loyola  is  conducted  by  the  Jesuits,  and  Father  Marquette 
was  a  Jesuit.  The  campus  comprises  twenty-five  acres  and  is  set  beautifully  on  a  slight 
eminence  along  Lake  Michigan.  1  he  University  maintains  a  Medical  School  at  706 
South  Lincoln  Street  and  Schools  of  Commerce,  Law  and  Sociology  at  155  North 
Clark  Street.     The  total  enrollment  is  4,800  students. 

On  the  South  Side  is  the  Armour  Institute  of  Technology  with  an  enrollment  of 
937;  and  on  the  North  Side  is  DePaul  University  with  an  enrollment  of  3,602. 

In  all  there  are  in  Chicago,  with  Evanston  included,  six  colleges  or  universities, 
nine  theological  schools,  eight  law  schools,  six  medical  schools,  two  collegiate  schools 
for  business,  three  dental  schools,  one  college  of  engineering,  two  hundred  and  seventy- 
one  elementary  schools,  twenty-five  high  schools,  and  numerous  private  schools  and  col- 
leges of  all  kinds. 

In   1923  there  were  in  the  public  schools  439,942  students  and  11,409  teachers. 

There  are  thirty  main  libraries  with  more  than  fifty  branches,  and  two  hundred 
traveling  libraries  and  deposit  stations.  The  Chicago  Public  Library,  the  Crerar 
Scientific  Library,  the  Art  Institute,  Chicago  Historical  Society,  Field  Museum  of 
Natural  History,  and  other  noteworthy  institutions  are  open  at  all  times  to  the  public. 

A  tew  facts  about  the  cultural  agencies  that  Chicago  possesses  are  bound  to  be  of 
general  interest. 

The  Art  Institute  occupies  a  handsome  Italian  Renaissance  building  in  Grant  Park 
on  Michigan  Boulevard  and  Adams  Street,  and  ranks  among  the  first  three  institutions 
of  its  kind  in  the  United  States.  It  is  visited  by  nearly  a  million  and  a  quarter  persons 
a  year,  leading  all  other  institutions  in  numbers  for  attendance.  It  contains  excellent 
and  world-famous  works  of  the  old  masters  and  the  modern  schools,  a  comprehensive 
collection  of  ancient  and  modern  sculpture,  rich  accumulations  of  water  colors,  etch- 
ings, engravings,  drawings,  pottery,  porcelain,  lacquer,  tapestries,  textiles,  architecture, 
jewelry,  jades,  weapons,  armor,  musical  instruments,  metal  and  wood  work.  Special 
galleries  are  devoted  to  Egyptian  and  Greco-Roman  antiquities  and  to  Oriental  art. 

Old  Dutch  and  French  masters  are  particularly  well  represented,  as  are  early  and 
contemporary  American  painters.  In  addition  to  the  permanent  and  loan  collections 
there  is  a  continual  succession  of  temporary  exhibitions,  approximating  sixty  a  year. 

In  connection  with  the  Institute  is  the  Ryerson  Art  Library  and  the  Burnham 
Library  on  Architecture. 

The  Art  School  of  the  Institute,  including  departments  of  painting,  sculpture, 
illustration,  printing  arts,  and  jewelry  design,  is  the  largest,  best  equipped,  and  most 
comprehensive  in  America. 

The  Field  Museum  of  Natural  History  occupies  the  finest  museum  building  on 
earth,  a  magnificent  Greek  Ionic  temple  of  white  Georgia  marble,  on  the  shore  of 
Lake  Michigan  at  Roosevelt  Road.  The  Museum  is  700  feet  in  length,  350  feet  in 
width,  eighty  feet  in  height,  and  covers  an  area  of  eleven  acres;  a  marble  terrace  forty 
feet  in  width  surrounds  the  structure. 

There  are  thirty  spacious  exhibition  halls  within  the  museum,  in  addition  to  the 
main  chamber,  the  superb  Stanley  Field  Hall  of  white  marble,  which  contains  speci- 
men exhibits  from  the  major  departments  of  science  collected  in  the  remotest  corners 
of  the  earth.  The  building  also  contains  the  handsome  Simpson  Theatre  seating  1,000 
persons,  a  lecture  hall  seating  250,  a  library  of  80,000  titles,  laboratories,  and  a  print- 
ing plant. 

The  exhibits  are  so  vast  in  scope  and  so  rich  in  detail  that  the  museum  offers  the 
opportunity  for  a  full  day's  absorbing  entertainment. 


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The  Department  of  Anthropology  contains  collections  showing  the  life  and  cul- 
ture of  the  American  Indians  and  their  predecessors,  the  civilization  of  China,  India, 
Africa,  Oceania,  Mexico,  Central  and  South  America,  Egypt,  Greece  and  Rome. 

The  Department  of  Botany  contains  replicas  of  plants  in  glass  and  wax,  which, 
when  completed,  will  cover  the  entire  kingdom;  sections  of  native  trees,  and  an  im- 
mense collection  of  economic  plant  products. 

7  he  Department  of  Geology  contains  specimens  of  practically  all  known  minerals, 
building  stones,  marbles,  coals,  petroleums,  clays,  soils;  ores  from  the  chief  mining  dis- 
tricts and  models  of  mining  machinery;  a  fine  collection  of  gems,  precious  stones  and 
meteorites,  and  a  paleontological  exhibit  of  fossil  forms,  including  the  skeletons  of 
many  enormous  prehistoric  animals. 

The  Department  of  Zoology  contains  a  wonderful  display  of  animal  life  of  the 
globe.  There  are  separate  halls  given  to  mammals,  birds,  fishes,  reptiles,  molluscs,  etc. 
The  mounted  specimens,  particularly  of  African  and  American  big-game  animals,  are 
the  finest  examples  of  the  taxidermist's  art  in  the  world. 

The  Municipal  Stadium  stands  south  of  the  Field  Museum;  it  is  1,000  feet  long, 
550  feet  wide  and  will  seat  60,000  persons.  The  vast  structure  is  composed  of  con- 
crete blocks  in  which  fragments  of  horn-blende,  granite  and  marble  have  been  mixed  to 
produce  the  effect  of  pink  marble.  The  Stadium  is  used  for  athletic  contests,  parades 
and  pageants;  its  field  space  will  hold  75,000  at  one  time. 

Chicago  has  thirty  libraries,  including  those  connected  with  the  universities  and 
colleges,  and  these  contain  2,400,000  books. 

The  Chicago  Public  Library  occupies  one  of  the  handsomest  public  buildings  in  the 
Loop,  at  Michigan  Boulevard,  Washington  and  Randolph  Streets.  The  structure  is 
of  Bedford  limestone  upon  a  granite  base,  and  its  impressive  architecture  combines 
several  classic  styles,  Greek,  neo-Greek  and  Roman.  Entering  from  Washington 
Street  the  visitor  beholds  the  superb  flying  staircase  of  white  Carrara  marble,  inlaid 
with  mosaics  of  glass,  mother-ot-pearl  and  semi-precious  stones,  which  leads  to  the 
spacious  Delivery  Room,  finished  in  Carrara  and  Connemara  marbles,  rich  with  design, 
and  with  a  central  rotunda  surmounted  by  an  exquisite  stained-glass  dome.  At  the 
north  end  of  the  building  is  the  palatial  Grand  Army  Memorial  Hall  of  Sienna  marble 
and  verde-antique,  which  contains  a  priceless  collection  of  Civil  War  relics.  Other 
noteworthy  chambers  are  the  Reference  and  Reading  Rooms. 

The  Chicago  Public  Library  contains  about  1,416,000  volumes,  covering  the  whole 
range  of  general  literature;  its  annual  circulation  is  9,902,000  volumes.  It  has  forty- 
five  branches  and  217  traveling  libraries  and  deposit  stations.  The  hours  are:  Cir- 
culating Department,  9  a.  m.  to  7  p.  m.,  week  days;  Reference  Room  and  Magazine 
Reading  Room,  9  a.  m.  to  10  p.  m.,  week  days;  1  p.  m.  to  6  p.  m.  Sundays  and  holi- 
days. In  number  of  volumes  Chicago  Public  Library  ranks  third  in  the  United 
States;  in  circulation  it  ranks  second. 

The  Newberry  Library  is  between  North  Clark  and  North  Dearborn  Streets,  at 
Walton  Place,  in  a  stately  Spanish-Romanesque  building  of  Connecticut  granite.  It 
contains  more  than  418,000  books  and  pamphlets,  including  many  ancient  manuscripts 
in  foreign  languages,  illuminated  manuscripts,  and  rare  volumes  in  fine  bindings;  and 
it  is  especially  rich  in  works  dealing  with  history,  geneology,  music,  religion,  and  the 
graphic  arts.  These  books  and  documents  do  not  circulate,  but  are  for  reference  within 
the  library,  which  is  open  to  the  public:  Hours,  9  a.  m.  to  10  p.  m.,  daily,  except 
Sundays  and  holidays. 

The  John  Crerar  Library,  at  Randolph  Street  and  Michigan  Boulevard,  contains 
448,600  volumes  and  300,000  pamphlets,  dealing  largely  with  social,  physical,  natural 
and  medical  sciences.  It  is  a  reference  library,  open  to  the  nublic  daily,  except  Sun- 
day, from  9  a.  m.  to  10  p.  m. 


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Other  Chicago  Libraries  are:  University  of  Chicago;  Chicago  Historical  Society; 
Municipal  Reference,  Ryerson  and  Burnham  (Art  Institute);  Field  Museum;  E.  H. 
Gary — Law;  Loyola  University;  Children's  Science;  Chicago  Law  Institute;  Western 
Society  of  Engineers. 

Chicago  Historical  Society,  at  North  Dearborn  and  Ontario  Streets,  contains  a 
vast  number  of  documents,  maps,  original  manuscripts,  portraits  of  Indian  chiefs,  and 
Indian  curios  associated  with  the  early  history  of  Chicago;  and,  in  addition,  a  library 
of  [00,000  volumes,  manuscripts,  pamphlets  and  early  newspapers.  The  museum  holds 
rare  relics  of  Chicago's  beginnings,  of  the  Great  Lire  and  of  Abraham  Lincoln.  His- 
torical lectures  arc  given  from  time  to  time.  Open  week  days  from  9  a.  m.  to  5  p.  m.; 
Sundays,   1   p.  m.  to  5  p.  m.     No  charge  for  admission. 

Chicago  Academy  of  Sciences,  at  the  Center  Street  entrance  to  Lincoln  Park,  con- 
tains some  250,000  natural  history  specimens,  including  a  complete  collection  of  mol- 
luses.  Perhaps  its  greatest  attraction  is  the  bioramic  series,  showing  birds  and  mammalia 
of  the  Chicago  region  in  their  natural  habitats.  Another  attraction  is  the  Atwood 
Celestial  Sphere,  a  miniature  representation  of  the  solar  system  and  major  stars. 

The  Municipal  Pier,  an  immense  and  impressive  structure  of  concrete,  steel  and 
glass,  nearly  300  feet  wide,  extends  from  the  foot  of  Grand  Avenue  3,000  feet  into 
Lake  Michigan,  at  Chicago's  harbor  entrance,  and  affords  a  cool,  delightful  summer 
recreation  place  tor  the  public.  The  pier  has  three  tiers,  the  lowest  for  freight  traffic, 
the  middle  for  passenger  traffic — including  automobiles  and  street  cars,  the  upper  for 
promenades. 

At  the  lakeward  end  is  a  handsome  auditorium  and  dance  pavilion,  with  facilities 
for  picnics,  children's  playgrounds,  refectories  and  art  rooms;  two  stately  towers,  with 
observation  galleries,  rise  from  the  pier  and  afford  comprehensive  views  of  Chicago's 
water  traffic.     Band  concerts  are  given  during  the  summer,  and  dancing  is  enjoyed. 

The  source  of  Chicago's  water  supply  is  Lake  Michigan.  In  all  there  are  six  intake 
cribs,  each  located  about  four  miles  from  shore  and  sixty-five  miles  of  underground  tun- 
nels supplying  ten  pumping  stations  with  water.  These  stations  in  turn  supply  the  dis- 
tributing system,  which  carries  water  to  the  householder,  shop  and  industrial  user,  and 
which  makes  use  of  about  3,100  miles  of  mains.  The  daily  capacity  of  the  system  is 
1,20(3,000,000  gallons,  and  the  average  daily  pumpage  is  788,460,000  gallons.  A 
charge  of  sixty-two  and  one-half  cents  is  made  per  thousand  cubic  feet,  and  there  is  a 
discount  of  twenty-five  per  cent,   allowed   for  prompt  payment  of  bills. 

An  interesting  proof  of  Chicago's  attractiveness  of  gas  rates  for  industrial  pur- 
poses is  attested  by  the  fact  that  in  1923  three  and  one-half  billion  cubic  feet  of  gas 
were  burned  by  customers  requiring  more  than  50,000  cubic  feet  of  gas  each  month. 
Chicago  has  gas  rates  for  large  commercial  and  industrial  users,  based  on  the  scientific 
application  of  demand  and  output  principles. 

The  largest  electric  system  in  the  world  using  steam  driven  generators  furnishes 
electrical  energy  to  Chicago,  the  aggregate  capacity  of  the  system  being  in  excess  of 
one  million  horsepower.  An  additional  plant  with  an  ultimate  capacity  of  670,000 
horsepower  is  now  under  construction.  The  central  station  supply  company  has  over 
700,000  customers  and  the  total  load  connected  to  the  central  station  supply  lines  is  2,- 
340,000  horsepower,  of  which  850,000  horsepower  is  in  general  power  exclusive  of  rail- 
ways. Chicago's  rates  for  industrial  power  are  lower  than  those  of  any  city  with  the  sole 
exception  of  large  power  generated  at  Niagara  Falls. 

Because  of  its  location  and  other  natural  advantages,  Chicago  has  become  the 
convention  center  of  the  United  States.  Attracted  by  unexcelled  transportation,  ample 
hotels,  famous  markets,  healthy  climate,  seven  hundred  and  fifty-two  conventions  were 
held  in  Chicago  in  1923  and  were  attended  by  more  than  600,000  persons. 

Chicago  products  are  known  in  every  corner  of  the  world,  and  it  is  a  significant  fact 
that  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  exports  of  the  United  States  originate  in  the  Chicago  territory, 


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and  a  like  percentage  of  imports  are  consumed  in  the  same  area.  In  the  banner  year, 
1919  to  1920,  Chicago's  foreign  trade  alone,  including  exports  and  imports,  was  esti- 
mated at  $3,000,000.  Exports  and  imports  include  every  kind  of  manufactured  article 
and  raw  material.  Leading  exports  are  grain,  packing  house  products,  machinery,  iron 
and  steel,  hardware,  shoes  and  leather  goods,  furniture,  musical  instruments  and  gen- 
eral merchandise. 

Chicago's  requirements  from  abroad  cover  every  kind  of  known  merchandise.  A 
record  of  the  Chicago  Association  of  Commerce  members  interested  in  foreign  trade, 
made  recently,  shows  that  1,200  of  the  7,400  members  of  the  association  are  doing 
more  or  less  foreign  business.  This  is  an  increase  of  700  firms  over  those  doing  a 
foreign  business  in  the  second  year  previous  to  the  time  the  survey  was  made. 

The  following  facts,  compiled  by  the  Chicago  Association  of  Commerce,  speak 
eloquently  of  Chicago's  leadership  in  various  lines: 

In  the  production  of  meat  and  packing  house  products. 

In  the  manufacture  and  distribution  of  farm  machinery  and  implements. 

In  the  manufacture  of  telephone  equipment. 

In  the  manufacture  and  distribution  of  furniture  and  allied  lines. 

In  transportation  facilities. 

In  the  manufacture  of  men's  clothing. 

In  distribution  of  dry  goods  and  general  merchandise. 

In  the  production  of  household,  electrical  and  gas  devices. 

In  the  diversification  of  manufactured  products. 

In  the  manufacture  of  products  for  export. 

In  the  number  of  conventions  entertained  annually. 

In  the  number  of  department  stores. 

In  the  production  of  refined  petroleum  products. 

In  cold  storage  facilities. 

In  mileage  of  boulevards. 

In  the  sale  of  merchandise  through  mail  order  houses. 

In  the  diversity  and  importance  of  its  educational  institutions. 

In  the  manufacture  of  parlor  lamps  and  shades. 

In  the  manufacture  of  band  instruments. 

In  the  manufacture  of  pianos. 

As  a  grain  center. 

As  a  market  for  all  classes  of  skilled  and  unskilled  labor. 

As  a  food  distributing  center. 

As  a  produce  market. 

As  an  industrial  center. 

As  a  millinery  jobbing  center. 

As  an  oil  center. 

In  Addition — Chicago 

Is  nearer  to  a  greater  variety  of  raw  materials  than  any  other  city  in  the  United 
States. 

Is  the  country's  universal  market,  selling  a  greater  variety  of  raw  materials  and 
manufactured  products  than   any  other  city  in  the  world. 

Is  the  financial  center  of  the  Middle  West. 

Is  the  healthiest  large  city  in  the  world. 

Has  the  largest  electrical  central  power  supply  in  the  world. 

Has  the  largest  municipal  lighting  system  in  the  world. 

Has  the  largest  plant  in  the  world  manufacturing  telephone  apparatus  and  equip- 
ment. 

Has  the  largest  retail  department  store  in  the  world. 


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Has  the  largest  building  in  the  world  devoted  to  the  display  and  sale  of  one  line 
of  merchandise. 

Has  a  greater  number  of  small  parks  and  playgrounds  than  any  other  city  in  the 
world. 

Has  the  largest  outer  park  or  forest  preserve  system  in  the  world. 

Has  an  art  institute  with  a  larger  membership  than  any  other  school  of  art  in  the 
United  States. 

Post  office  handles  more  domestic  money  orders  and  a  larger  number  of  parcel  post 
packages  than  any  other  city  in  the  world. 

Sends  and  receives  more  telegrams  than  any  other  city  in  the  world. 

Publishes  more  trade  catalogues  and  telephone  directories  than  any  other  city. 

Leads  the  country  in  the  distribution  of  jewelry. 

Distributes  more  automobiles  than  any  other  city. 

Leads  in  the  distribution  of  pianos  and  other  musical  instruments. 

Distributes  more  shoes  and  carries  the  largest  open  stocks  of  any  city  in  the  coun- 
ty 

Is  about  200  miles  from  the  center  of  population  of  the  United  States. 

Is  destined  to  become  the  largest  printing  and  publishing  center  in  the  United 
States. 

Adds  70,000  people  annually  to  its  population. 

Is  the  leading  foundry  center  of  the  United  States,  having  a  greater  number  of 
foundries,  machine  shops  and  pattern  shops  than  any  other  city. 

Is  the  country's  leading  market  for  railway  supplies. 

More  passenger  and  freight  cars  are  built  in  the  Chicago  district  than  in  any  other 
city  in  the  world. 

Chicago's  foreign  trade  is  estimated  at  ^1,750,000,000. 


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JOHN  GRAVES  SHEDD. 

fffOHN  Graves  Shedd,  universally  loved  and  respected  chairman  of  the  board 
of  directors  of  Marshall  Field  &  Company,  for  fifty-three  years  an  employee 
and  executive  of  that  organization,  director  of  public  service  and  industrial 
corporations,  was  born  at  Alstead,  New  Hampshire,  July  20,  1850,  the 
eighth  and  youngest  child  of  William  Shedd  and  Abigail  (Wallace)  Shedd. 

The  Shedd  family  is  traced  through  its  American  branch  to  Daniel  Shed,  who 
came  to  Braintree,  now  Quincy,  Massachusetts,  from  Essex  County,  England,  about 
1640;  and  beyond  that  to  John  de  Schedde  who,  according  to  English  records,  was 
taxed  at  Edwardstone,  Suffolk  County,  England,  in  1327.  Variously  the  original  name 
was  changed  by  the  descendants  of  John  de  Schedde  to  Schedde,  Schedd,  Shedd,  Shead 
and  Shed,   and  latterly  by  the  American  branch  back  to  Shedd. 

The  genealogy  of  the  Shedd  family,  extending  from  1920  back  to  John  de  Schedde 
in  1327,  is  interestingly  set  forth  in  a  volume  entitled  the  "Daniel  Shed  Genealo- 
gy," which  was  published  by  The  Shedd  Family  Association,  of  which  John  Graves 
Shedd  is  an  ex-president,  at  Boston  in  1921.  The  American  research  and  compilation 
was  largely  the  work  of  the  late  Frank  Edson  Shedd. 

Born  to  the  stern  conditions  of  a  New  England  farm,  to  a  tradition  of  unceas- 
ing struggle  with  the  soil  and  the  harsh  winters,  there  was  early  inculcated  in  John 
Graves  Shedd,  by  precept  and  example,  the  sterling  qualities  of  thrift,  industry  and 
perseverance,  that  later  served  to  carry  him  to  the  heights  of  great  commercial  suc- 
cess. And  it  is  an  interesting  commentary  that  the  present  incumbent  of  the  White 
House,  Calvin  Coolidge,  is  a  product  of  the  same  stern  conditions  and  that  he,  too, 
reverts  for  his  inspiration  to  the  New  England  farm  on  which  he  spent  his  boyhood, 
and  which  has  served  him  in  the  same  strong  way  as  a  similar  farm  has  served  Mr. 
Shedd. 

In  1855,  when  Mr.  Shedd  was  five  years  old,  his  father  removed  from  Alstead 
to  the  neighboring  town  of  Langdon,  and  until  he  was  nearly  seventeen  years  of  age, 
Mr.  Shedd  worked  about  the  farm,  performing,  even  as  a  child,  almost  a  man's  work. 
It  was  during  this  time  that  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  Langdon. 

But  if  the  conditions  on  a  New  England  farm  are  such  as  to  fittingly  prepare 
a  youth  for  life,  the  lack  of  opportunity  for  advancement,  the  meagre  intellectual  con- 
tacts, the  social  isolation,  did  not  appeal  to  the  character,  talent  and  ambition  of  Mr. 
Shedd  and  on  the  thirteenth  of  June,  1867,  before  his  seventeenth  birthday,  he  enter- 
ed the  employ  of  Solomon  Saunders,  who  conducted  a  grocery  store  at  Bellows  Falls, 
Vermont.     The   salary  was   $1.50   a  week.      He  was  boarded  by  Mr.  Saunders. 

Almost  a  year  later  he  left  the  employ  of  Mr.  Saunders  and  returned  to  Alstead 
where  he  secured  a  position  in  the  general  store  of  Timothy  Tufts.  A  fire  in  Septem- 
ber, t 868,  suspended  further  immediate  operation  of  Tufts'  store  and  Mr.  Shedd  en- 
tered the  employ  of  James  H.  Porter,  who  also  conducted  a  general  store.  He  con- 
tinued in  this  position  until  April,  1870,  when  he  left  to  take  a  position  with  C.  A. 
Parkhurst  and  Company,  dry  goods  merchants  of  Rutland,  Vermont.  In  this  posi- 
tion he  remained  until  August,  1871,  when  he  entered  the  employ  of  B.  H.  Burt,  of 
Rutland,  Vermont,  the  leading  dry  goods  merchant  of  the  state. 

In  this  position,  Mr.  Shedd  remained  for  a  nearly  a  year  and  then,  having  learned 
the  rudiments  of  the  dry  goods  trade,  he  decided  to  seek  a  larger  field  for  his  talents 
than  was  offered  by  small  New  England  towns.  He  was,  at  this  time,  twenty-two 
years  of  age. 

Casting  about  for  a  permanent  field  for  his  activities,  for  a  new  and  growing  com- 
munity that  would  present  adequate  opportunity,  the  attention  of  Mr.  Shedd  was  ar- 
rested by  Chicago,  then  a  city  of  300,000  persons,  and  already  giving  signs  of  phe- 
nomenal growth,  despite  the  great  fire  that  had  all  but  destroyed  the  city  and  from 
the  ashes  of  which  a  new  city  was  rising.     Estimating  the  strategic  location  of  the 


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city,  foreseeing  the  flux  of  population,  Mr.  Shedd,  with  keen  and  far-sighted  judgment, 
envisioned  the  great  city  that  was  to  be,  and  chose  Chicago  as  the  scene  for  his  per- 
manent career. 

In  August,  1872,  he  presented  himself  before  Marshall  Field,  senior  partner  of 
Field,  Letter  and  Company,  which  was  even  then  the  most  enterprising  wholesale  and 
retail   dry  goods   firm   in   Chicago,   and   said  he  wanted  to  be  a  salesman. 

"What   can    you    sell?"    asked    Mr.    Held. 

"I  can  sell  anything,"  was  the  confident  reply. 

Impressed  by  his  confidence,  Mr.  Field  employed  the  youth,  who  was  later  to  be 
his  partner  and  who,  still  later,  was  to  be  the  highest  executive  of  Marshall  Field 
&  Company,  and  on  August  7,  1872,  Mr.  Shedd  entered  the  employ  of  Field,  Leiter 
and  Company  as  a  clerk  at  ten  dollars  a  week. 

Mr.  Field  and  his  associates  were  men  of  extraordinary  ability,  and  with  the 
rapid  growth  of  Chicago  the  business  expanded  to  great  proportions  and  became  the 
largest  dry  goods  store  in  the  world.  In  the  tenth  year  of  Mr.  Shedd's  service  with 
the  firm  the  name  was  changed  to  Marshall  Field  &  Company. 

By  concentrated  attention  to  duty,  by  grasping  every  opportunity  offered,  Mr. 
Shedd  rapidly  progressed  from  a  salesman  to  executive  positions  of  increasing  re- 
sponsibility, until  in  1893,  he  was  admitted  to  partnership  in  the  firm,  and  he  soon 
became  a  driving  influence  in  its  affairs. 

It  was  about  this  time  that  a  reporter  asked  Mr.  Field  how  he  could  afford  to 
pay  any  man  so  large  a  salary  as  that  paid  Mr.  Shedd. 

The  reply  was:      "I   can  not   afford  to  pay  him  less." 

In  1 901,  the  firm  of  Marshall  Field  &  Company  was  incorporated  with  Mr. 
Field  as  president  and  Mr.  Shedd  as  vice-president,  and  from  this  time  on  Mr.  Field 
took  a  less  active  part  in  the  management  of  the  company's  affairs,  Mr.  Shedd  gradu- 
ally becoming  the  directing  head  of  the  company.  On  the  death  of  the  founder  in 
1906,  Mr.  Shedd  succeeded  to  the  presidency. 

In  1922,  Mr.  Shedd  celebrated  his  fiftieth  anniversary  of  association  with  Mar- 
shall Field  &  Company.  On  this  occasion  there  were  present  thirty-three  other  "Fif- 
ty-year men."  On  January  third,  1923,  Mr.  Shedd  retired  from  the  presidency  and 
became  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors  of  Marshall  Field  &  Company. 

Mr.  Shedd  is  a  director  of  the  Commonwealth  Fdison  Company,  the  Illinois 
Merchants  Trust  Company,  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Co.,  the  National  Bank  of 
Commerce,  New  York,  and  the  First  State  Pawners'  Society  of  Chicago.  He  is  a  trus- 
tee of  the  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New  York,  and  a  former  president  of 
the  Chicago  Association  of  Commerce.  As  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Chicago 
Flan  Commission,  he  has  been  active  in  all  movements  looking  toward  the  beautifica- 
tion  of  the  city. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  following  clubs:  Chicago,  Union  League,  University, 
Commercial,  Onwentsia,  South  Shore  Country,  Old  Elm,  Saddle  and  Cycle,  and  Shore- 
acres  of  Chicago;  the  Midwick  Country  and  California  of  Los  Angeles,  and  the 
Metropolitan  and  Recess  of  New  York. 

At  Walpole,  New  Hampshire,  on  May  15,  1878,  he  was  married  to  Mary  Row- 
ena  Porter,  the  daughter  of  Dr.  Winslow  Burroughs  Porter  of  Alstead  and  Walpole. 
There  are  two  daughters,  Mrs.  Kersey  Coates  Reed  and  Mrs.  Charles  H.  Schweppe. 

Mr.  Shedd's  home  is  at  1550  North  State  Parkway,  Chicago;  his  winter  home  is 
at  955  South  Orange  Grove  Avenue,  Pasadena,  California,  and  his  office  is  at  219 
West  Adams  Street,  Chicago. 


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Blank  &  Stoller,  N.  Y. 

JOHN  J.  MITCHELL 

John  James  Mitchell,  dean  of  Chicago  bankers,  has  guided  his  bank  through  every  financial  crisis 
in  the  last  forty-five  years  and  emerged  as  one  of  the  leading  financiers  of  the  United  States.  He  was 
only  twenty-six  years  old  when  he  was  elected  president  of  the  Illinois  Trust  &  Savings  Bank,  and  has 
made   that   institution   the    seventh    largest    bank    in    the  country. 

Alton,  Illinois,  was  the  place  of  Mr.  Mitchell's  birth  and  November  3,  1853,  was  the  date.  His 
parents  were  William  Hamilton  and  Mary  Anne  (Kelly)  Mitchell.  Education  was  gained  in  the  public 
schools  and  Kent's   Hill   College,   Maine. 

In  1873  the  Illinois  Trust  &  Savings  Bank  put  John  James  Mitchell  on  the  pay  roll  as  a  new  mes- 
senger boy,  but  he  did  not  long  remain  in  that  capacity.  His  ability  won  him  steady  and  almost 
phenomenal   promotion,    because   in    1880   he    was   elected   president. 

The  Illinois  Trust  has  long  been  known  as.  one  of  the  largest  banks  outside  New  York,  but  in  1923, 
Mr.  Mitchell  arranged  a  consolidation  of  the  Merchants  Loan  and  Trust  Company  and  the  Corn  Exchange 
National  Bank,  which  indisputably  advanced  its  position  among  the  nation's  financial  houses.  Mr.  Mitchell 
still  is  president  of  this  consolidated  institution — the  Illinois  Merchants  Trust  Company — seventh  largest 
of  all  banks  in  the  United  States.  He  is  at  the  bank  every  day  and  works  as  long  as  most  younger 
men. 

He  is  also  a  director  of  the  Chase  National  Bank,  New  York;  Chicago  &  Alton  Railway;  Illinois 
Bell  Telephone  Company;  Commonwealth  Edison  Company;  International  Harvester  Company;  Peoples 
Gas  Light  &  Coke  Company;  Pullman  Company;  Texas  Company;  American  Surety  Company;  Audit 
Company  of  New  York,  and  a  trustee  of  the  Mutual    Life   Insurance    Company,    New   York. 

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WAT.  WRIGLEV.  JR. 

Activities  of  Wm,  Wrigley,  Jr.,  at  this  time  are  varied,  but  he  probably  is  best  known  the  world 
over  as  head  of  the  chewing  gum  manufacturing  company  bearing  his  name  and  which  produces  more 
chicle    products    than    all    other    companies    combined. 

This,  however,  is  only  one  of  his  efforts  which  have  proved  uniformly  and  agreeably  successful, 
lie  acquired  Catalina  Island  just  off  the  coast  of  Southern  California  and  has  made  it  one  of  the  most 
popular  vacation  resorts  in  the  world.  He  has  built  an  office  building  and  an  addition  which  is  one  of 
the  show  places  of  Chicago,  llis  activities  in  the  field  of  sports  are  centered  largely  in  baseball  as  he 
owns    the    Chicago    National    League    Ball    Club    and  a  minor  league  club. 

Like  many  other  industrial  leaders  of  to-day,  Mr.  Wrigley  had  an  humble  beginning.  Tie  was 
born  at  Philadelphia,  September  30.  1861,  the  son  of  William  and  Alary  Ann  (Ladley)  Wrigley.  His 
education  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  Philadelphia.  Among  his  first  earnings  were  those 
from    the    sale    of    newspapers    in    New    York    some    fifty  years  ago. 

Tn  1882,  Mr.  Wrigley  entered  into  business  with  his  father  in  Philadelphia.  Nine  years  later,  he 
removed  to  Chicago,  where  he  organized  the  chewing  gum  manufacturing  firm  of  Wm.  Wrigley  Jr.  & 
Company.  His  success  in  that  field  was  rapid  and  in  191  r.  his  company  joined  with  the  Zeno  Manufac- 
turing Company,  the  name  of  the  corporation  being  changed  to  the  Wm.  Wrigley  Jr.  Company,  which  is 
still   retained. 

Besides  being  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Wrigley  Company,  Mr.  Wrigley  is  actively 
identified  with  other  corporations.  He  is  either  an  officer  or  director  in  the  following  organizations: 
Wrigley's    Limited.    London;     Wrigley's     (Australasia)    Limited,    Sydney;    William    Wrigley    Jr.    Company, 

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The  Standard  Oil  Qompany  {Indiana) 


ROBERT  W.  STEWART, 
Chairman    of    the    Board    of    Directors. 

The  Standard  Oil  Company  (Indiana)  is  one  of  the  two  largest  producers  and  marketers  of  petroleum 
products  in  the  world  and  yet — unconsidered  opinion  to  the  contrary — it  is  an  independent  company.  It  has 
been  justly  asserted  that  were  the  company  name  any  other  than  Standard  its  independent  status  would 
be  universally  recognized,  if  only  through  consideration  of  the  facts  that  it  is  the  property  of  49,878  stock- 
holders and  that  every  member  of  its  directorate  is  a  company  executive  in  active  charge  of  some  depart- 
ment of  the  business. 

Through  its  acquisition — on  April  1,  1925 — of  an  important  voice  in  the  management  of  the  Pan- 
American  Petroleum  and  Transport  Company,  the  Standard  Oil  Company  (Indiana)  became  connected 
with  vast  Mexican  and  South  American  crude  oil  resources  that  insure  the  company's  production  against 
the  time  when  its  American  resources  become  exhausted;  enlarged  its  area  of  distribution  and  enormously 
increased  its  transport  facilities.  And  the  sole  motive  in  the  acquisition  was  that  of  protection  against  de- 
pleted resources  which  some  day  might  have  interfered  with  the  operation  of  the  company  to  the  detriment 
of  the  stockholders,  the  employes  and  the  petroleum  using  public. 

The  Standard  Oil  Company  (Indiana)  was  incorporated  in  1889  with  a  capitalization  of  $500,000  and, 
up  until  the  issuance  of  the  separation  decree  by  the  United  States  Supreme  Court,  was  a  unit  of  the  so- 
called  Standard  Oil  Trust.  Since  then  it  has  been  an  independent  company.  From  the  beginning  it  played 
a  prominent  part  in  the  distribution  of  petroleum  products  in  the  Middle  West,  but  it  was  not  until  Colonel 
Robert  W.  Stewart  was  elected  chairman  of  the. board  in  1918  that  the  policies  were  devoleped  that  have 
brought  the  company  to  its  dominant  position  in  the  industry,  that  have  brought  the  present  wide  distribu- 
tion of  the  company's  stock  and  the  enviable  employe-company  relations. 

Colonel  Stewart  was  born  in  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  in  1867,  the  son  of  a  farmer.  He  graduated  from 
Coe  College,  Cedar  Rapids,  in  1886,  and  from  the  law  school  of  Yale  University  in  1889.  At  that  time 
Pierre  had  just  been  made  the  capital  of  South  Dakota  and,  acting  on  a  hunch.  Colonel  Stewart  migrated 
there.  His  stock  in  trade  consisted  of  enthusiasm,  willingness  to  work  and  the  physical  ability  to  carry 
work  through. 

Colonel  Stewart  maintained  his  residence  in  Pierre  for  seventeen  years;  practiced  law  as  an  employe 
and  then  in  partnership ;  was  elected  state's  attorney  for  Hughes  County,  became  clerk  of  the  state  Supreme 
Court     and     served     in     the     state     senate;     was     a      major     of     "Rough      Riders"      in     the      Spanish- 


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American  War  and  reorganized  the  Smith  Dakota  militia  at  the  request  of  the  governor.  As  an  attorney 
in  corporation  practice  he  represented  the  International  Harvester  Company,  the  Chicago  and  North  West- 
ern Railroad,  and  the  Standard  Oil  Company  (Indiana)  in  South  Dakota.  In  1907  he  was  called  to  the 
Standard  Oil  Company  (Indiana)  as  general  attorney;  two  years  later  lie  was  appointed  general  counsel, 
and  in  1918  he  was  elected  chairman  of  the  hoard. 

In  contrast  with  identical  positions  in  other  companies,  the  chairmanship  of  the  Standard  of  Indiana 
hoard  with  Colonel  Stewart  as  incumbent  is  a  two-fisted,  long-hour,  working  job  and  involves  the  complete 
direction  of  the  company.  Finding,  upon  his  assumption  of  the  chief  office  of  the  company,  a  great  many 
practice-   at    variance    with    what    he   considered    necessary  to  a  healthy  condition  he  set  aboul   to  righl  them. 

In  [918  the  Standard  Oil  Company  (Indiana)  was  capitalized  for  $30,000,000  with  the  par  value  of 
the  shares  $100  and  the  market  value  greatly  in  excess  of  that  figure.  There  were  4,622  stockholders. 
Colonel  Stewart  realized  that  it  was  difficult  for  small  investors  to  buy  the  stock  at  its  then  high  mark'  t 
value,  and  he  further  realized  that  a  host  of  small  stockholders  was  valuable  from  a  business  standpoint. 
In  K)2()  the  jiar  value  of  the  stock  was  reduced  to  $25  and,  to-day,  there  are  49,898  stock- 
holders in  the  company.  Colonel  Stewart  has  repeatedly  said  that  it  is  his  ambition  to  have  100,000.  The 
present   capitalization   is  $250,000,000. 

Of  equal  importance  with  the  wide  distribution  of  the  company's  stock,  was  the  introduction  by  Colonel 
Stewart  of  the  Industrial  Relations  Plan,  by  which  representatives  chosen  h\  the  employes  and  the  manage- 
ment co-operate  in  the  determination  of  all  questions  of  wages,  hours  of  labor  and  other  matters  relating 
to  the  general  welfare  of  the  employes.  Since  the  installation  of  this  plan  1,513  cases  have  been  submitted 
to  the  joint  representatives  of  the  employes  and  management,  and  of  these  eighty-nine  per  cent,  have 
been  approved  by  the  company  and  made  effective.  A  unique  feature  of  the  plan  is  that  if  it  is  found 
impossible  to  reach  an  agreement  on  any  question  an  appeal  may  he  taken  to  the  Department  of  Labor 
at    Washington,   and   both   sides   agree   to  accept    the   resultant    decision    as    final. 

Colonel  Stewart  also  appreciated  that  stock  ownership  in  the  company  by  employes  could  contribute 
to  the  general  welfare  of  the  business,  and  he  inaugurated  the  Employes'  Stock  Purchase  Plan,  whereby 
stock  is  sold  to  employes  on  deferred  payments,  the  company  contributing  fifty  cents  to  each  dollar  put  up 
by  the  employe.  At  the  time  he  was  elected  chairman  of  the  company,  there  were  18,000  employes,  very 
few  of  whom  were  stockholders.  To-day,  the  company  employs  29,136  persons  and  practically  16,000  are 
partners   in   the   business. 

Another  feature  of  the  Industrial  Relations  Plan  is  the  payment  of  annuities  to  incapacitated  and  aged 
employes.  In  all  departments  of  the  company  there  are  now  263  annuitants.  Since  this  phase  of  the  plan 
was  put  in  force,  approximately  $1,500,000  has  been  paid  out  in  annuities  and  benefits.  In  no  case  is  the 
annuity  less  than  $300  a  year  and  in  some  cases  it  runs  as  high  as  seventy-five  per  cent,  of  the  average 
yearly    wage    for   the   ten   years   preceding   retirement. 

Free  insurance,  with  benefits  ranging  from  $500  to  $2,000  is  provided  for  almost  all  of  the  20.130  em- 
ployes. One  year's  service  is  required  for  participation.  All  payments  are  based  upon  length  of  service, 
with  one  year  as   the  minimum,   and   with   the  benefit    reaching  $2,oco  after  ten  years  of  service. 

When  Colonel  Stewart  became  chairman  of  the  company  in  1918  its  operations  were  confined  almost 
solely  to  manufacturing  and  marketing.  Practically  all  crude  used  was  purchased  in  the  open  market,  and 
considerable  difficulty  was  experienced  at  different  times  in  getting  enough  to  keep  the  refineries  going.  In 
some  instances  a  premium  had  to  lie  paid.  The  year  following  Colonel  Stewart's  election  as  chairman,  the 
company  purchased  the  Dixie  Oil  Company,  Incorporated,  with  fields  near  Shreveport,  Louisiana,  and  in 
[923  the  Dixie  Company  purchased  a  number  of  leases  in  Oklahoma.  In  1921  the  Chicago-Montana  Oil 
Company,  an  exploration  company,  was  taken  over.  Its  activities  extended  to  Utah,  South  Dakota  and 
Montana.  In  [920  a  third  of  the  stock  of  the  .Midwest  Refining  Company,  a  Rocky  Mountain  producer 
and  refiner,  was  acquired,  and  practically  all  of  the  remaining  stock  of  the  company  was  acquired  by  the 
end  of  [921.  In  February,  1921,  at  a  cost  of  $16,390,000,  a  one-half  interest  in  the  Sinclair  Pipe  Line  Com- 
pany was  purchased,  and  in  the  same  month  and  year  a  one-half  interest  in  the  Sinclair  Crude  Oil  Pur- 
chasing Company  was  acquired.  The  Sinclair  Pipe  Line  Company  has  constructed,  or  has  under  con- 
struction, about  (),ooo  miles  of  pipe  lines,  of  which  4, coo  miles  are  trunk  lines  and  the  balance  gathering 
lines. 

In  [925  the  Standard  of  Indiana  and  its  associates  purchased  a  substantial  interest  in  the  vast  Mexican 
and  South  American  resources  of  the  Pan-American  Petroleum  and  Transport  Company,  its  pipe  lines  and 
its   tanker   tleet   of  thirty-one   vessels,   capable   of   transporting   1,800,000  barrels  of  crude   oil. 

Under  Colonel  Stewart's  administration  the  annual  gross  sales  of  the  company  have  increased  from 
$172,700,000  in  1917  to  $254,400,030  in  1924  which  makes  an  annual  increase  of  approximately  $S2,ooo,ooo. 
The  amount  of  crude  oil  run  through  the  various  refineries  was  58,000  barrels  a  day  in  [918.  The  present 
consumption  is  149,000  barrels  a  day.  The  number  of  hulk  stations  operated  by  the  company  has  increased 
from  2,VH()  to  4.233.  The  number  of  service  stations  has  been  increased  from  500  to  3,724,  and  there  are 
now  8,976  motor   vehicles  in  use. 

Perhaps  one  of  the  most  important  of  the  material  items  that  has  contributed  to  the  success  of  Stand- 
ard of  Indiana  in  recent  years  was  the  perfection  by  Dr.  W.  M.  Burton  and  his  associates  of  what  is 
known  as  the  Burton  Cracking  Process.  The  ordinary  method  of  producing  gasoline  from  crude  oil  is 
a  simple  distillation  process.  The  oil  is  pumped  into  a  still  where  it  is  heated  to  a  temperature  at  which 
the  lighter  portions  will  he  vaporized,  and  this  vapor  is  led  from  the  still  through  condensing  coils  and  be- 
comes gasoline.  The  amount  of  gasoline  thus  derived  from  a  barrel  of  crude  oil  will  depend  on  the 
quality  of  the  oil  itself,  hut  taking  the  production  of  the  country  as  a  whole  the  average  refinery  yield  of 
gasoline    would    he   between    twenty    and    twenty-five    per  cent,  of  the  volume  of  crude. 

Under  the  Burton  process — Dr.  Burton  is  now  president  of  the  company — and  subsequent  improve- 
ments in  the  process,  the  company  has  been  able  to  produce  more  than  fifty  per  cent,  of  gasoline  from  a 
barrel  of  crude  oil. 

Fortunately  for  the  company,  tin-  successful  practical  development  of  the  process  was  attained  and  the 
extensive  installation  of  the  expensive  equipment  necessary  for  its  utilization  was  completed  just  before 
the  time   when   the  greatest    demand    for   gasoline  appeared, 


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EUGENE  JACKSON  BUFFINGTON 

Standing  out  as  a  leading  figure  in  the  steel  industry  of  the  Middle  West  is  Eugene  Jackson 
Buffington,  president  of  the  Illinois  Steel  Company  of  Chicago,  and  the  Indiana  Steel  Company  of 
Gary  and  an  official  or  director  in  numerous  other  companies.  This  distinction  has  been  won  as 
the  result  of  a  service  extending  over  a  period  of  more  than  40  years. 

Born  at  Guyandotte,  West  Virginia,  March  14,  1863,  the  son  of  James  H.  and  Columbia 
Louise  (Nicholas)  Buffington,  his  principal  education  was  obtained  in  schools  south  of  the  Mason- 
Dixon  line.  The  public  schools  of  Covington,  Kentucky,  and  the  Chickering  Institute  at  Cincin- 
nati gave  him  his  preliminary  education.  From  1881  to  1883,  he  was  a  student  at  Vanderbilt 
University,  Nasbville,  Tennessee. 

Mr.  Buffington  started  in  business  in  1884  as  a  manufacturer  of  wire  nails  in  Covington,  Ken- 
tucky. His  success  in  the  field  was  rapid,  with  the  result  that  five  years  later  he  built  wire,  rod  and 
nail  mills  at  Anderson,  Indiana.  In  1889,  he  moved  to  Chicago  where  he  became  a  director  and  offi- 
cer of  the  American  Steel  &  Wire  Company.  On  January  1  of  the  following  year  he  became  pres- 
ident of  the  Illinois  Steel  Company,  then  a  subsidiary  of  the  Federal  Steel  Company,  and  later  a 
subsidiary  of  the  United  States  Steel  Corporation. 

In  addition  to  being  president  of  the  two'  steel  companies,  Mr.  Buffington  is  a  director  in  the 
following  companies  or  institutions:  United  States  Steel  Corporation,  Illinois  Steel  Company,  In- 
diana Steel  Company,  Gary  Land  Company,  of  which  he  is  also  president;  Gary  Heat,  Light  &  Water 
Company,  of  which  he  is  chairman ;  H.  C.  Frick  Coke  Company,  United  States  Coal  &  Coke  Com- 
pany, United  States  Fuel  Company,  Universal  Portland  Cement  Company,  Continental  and  Com- 
mercial National  Bank,  South  Chicago  Savings  Bank,  Gary  State  Bank  and  United  States  Steel  and 
Carnegie  Pension  Fund. 

The  World  War  burdened  Mr.  Buffington  with  additional  duties  at  a  time  when  the  steel 
industry  was  called  upon  to  produce  at  its  utmost.  He  served  as  a  member  of  the  Capital  Issues 
Committee  of  the  Chicago  Federal  Reserve  Bank  District,  which  had  to  differentiate  between  es- 
sential and  nonessential  financing.  He  also  served  as  a  director  of  the  War  Camp  Community 
Service. 

Civic  and  social  work  also  has  required  a  part  of  the  time  of  Mr.  Buffington.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Community  Trust  of  Chicago,  the  Chicago  Sunday  Evening  Club 
and  the  Chicago  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  He  also  is  a  member  of  the  board  of 
trustee  of  the  Vanderbilt  University  of  Nashville,  Tennessee,  where  he  received  his  schooling.  The 
Chicago  Post  of  the  Army  Ordnance  Association  has  honored  him  by  electing  him  vice-president. 

Mr.  Buffington  is  a  member  of  the  Commercial  Club,  Chicago  Club  and  University  Club  of 
Chicago,  the  University  Club  of  Evanston,  the  Mid-Day  Club,  the  Glenview  Club  and  Old  Elm 
Club. 

Married  November  27,  1888,  to  Drucilla  N.  Moore  at  Catlettsburg,  Kentucky,  Mr.  Buffing- 
ton has  two  children,  Eugenia  B.  Walcott  and  Sarah  Louise  Buffington.  His  residence  is  at  1 140 
Forest  Avenue,  Evanston,  Illinois,  and  his  office  at  room  1612,  208  South  La  Salle  Street,  Chicago. 


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CHARLES  M.  KITTLE 

The  recognition  accorded  Charles  M.  Kittle  in  being  called  to  the  presidency  of  Sears,  Roe- 
buck &  Co.  was  the  logical  culmination  of  a  career  of  endeavor  and  achievement.  From  a  totally 
diverse  line  of  business  he  was  selected  to  head  the  greatest  mail  order  enterprise  in  the  world.  For 
years  Julius  Rosenwald,  the  best  years  of  whose  life  have  gone  to  the  development  of  Sears,  Roe- 
buck &  Co.,  sought  a  younger  man  to  assure  direction  of  the  company.  That  Mr.  Kittle  was 
chosen  was  a  patent  testimony  to  his  character  and    ability. 

Starting  from  a  farm  and  the  rural  schools  near  Elkins,  West  Virginia,  Mr.  Kittle,  who'  was 
born  October  9,  1880,  first  went  to  work  as  a  waterboy  of  the  railroad  section  gang.  He  was 
fourteen  years  old  at  the  time.  Three  years  later  he  obtained  a  position  as  station  clerk  for  the 
West  Virginia  Central  &  Pittsburgh  Railroad,  now  a  part  of  the  Western  Maryland  Railway,  and 
in  1  goo  he  entered  the  service  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad,  of  which  he  subsequently  became 
senior  vice-president  in  charge  of  all  departments. 

From  1900  to  July  I,  1912,  Mr.  Kittle  was  employed  in  positions  of  increasing  responsibility 
in  the  maintenance-of-way,  mechanical,  transportation  and  accounting  departments  of  the  Illinois 
Central.  In  these  capacities  he  attracted  the  attention  of  the  officials  of  the  road  and  on  July  I, 
1912,  was  appointed  assistant  to  the  president.  Four  years  later,  he  was  elected  a  vice-president  of 
the  Illinois  Central.  The  railroads  of  the  country  were  taken  over  by  the  Government  as  a  War 
Measure  on  January  1,  19 18,  and  on  January  5,  191 8,  Mr.  Kittle  was  appointed  first  vice- 
president,  with  jurisdiction  over  the  entire  Illinois  Central  System.  On  June  6,  1918,  he  was 
appointed  Federal  Manager  of  the  Illinois  Central  System,  the  Gulf  and  Ship  Island  Railroad, 
New  Orleans  Great  Northern  Railroad,  and  the  Mississippi  Central  Railroad.  In  regard  to  his 
work  as  federal  manager,  one  of  his  associates  said:  "It  was  Mr.  Kittle's  vigilance,  his  keen 
judgment  and  able  leadership  that  enabled  the  Illinois  Central  to  carry  on  until  the  clouds  of  war 
were  dissipated  and  the  critical  period  passed." 

When  the  Illinois  Central  emerged  from  government  control,  a  large  share  of  the  work  of 
rehabilitating  the  road  fell  to  Mr.  Kittle.  He  was  then  senior  vice-president  of  the  system.  On 
November    1,    1924,   he   was  called    to   the   presidency  of  Sears,  Roebuck  &  Co. 

One  of  Mr.  Kittle's  notable  achievements  was  his  rehabilitation  of  the  Peoria  &  Pekin  Union 
Railway,  a  terminal  railway  that,  at  the  time  he  assumed  control,  was  in  bad  physical  condition 
and  verging  on  financial  difficulties.  Conditions  had  been  such  that  not  alone  the  owners  but  also 
the  shippers  who  depended  on  the  Peoria  and  Pekin  Union  for  transportation  persuaded  Mr.  Kit- 
tle to  become  chairman  of  the  board  in  addition  to  his  duties  as  senior  vice-president  of  the  Illinois 
Central.      He    assumed    the    new   office    May    26,   1921. 

The  Peoria  and  Pekin  Union  has  an  estimated  value  of  $10,000,000.  At  the  time  Mr.  Kit- 
tle assumed  charge  it  was  losing  $30,000  a  month.  This,  in  a  comparatively  short  time,  he 
changed  to  a  profit  of  $500,000  a  year,  reduced  rates  twenty-five  per  cent.,  put  the  road  in  good 
physical  condition  and  during  his  tenure  as  chairman  of  the  board  effected  a  saving  of  approxi- 
mately a  million  dollars. 

During  his  twenty-four  years  as  an  employe  and  executive  of  the  Illinois  Central,  Mr.  Kittle 
came  to  know  virtually  every  employe  of  the  system.  With  thousands  of  these  he  maintained  an 
almost  personal  contact,  being  able  to  call  the  majority  of  them  by  their  first  names. 

Mr.  Kittle  is  married  and  has  one  son. 

Mr.  Kittle  is  a  member  of  Chicago  Club,  Chicago  Athletic  Club,  Traffic  Club,  Old  Elm 
Country  Club,  Exmoor  Country  Club,  Flossmoor  Country  Club  and  South  Shore  Country  Club, 
all  of  Chicago. 


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JOHN  BORDEN 

John  Borden  has  had  a  varied  career  and  gained  an  international  acquaintanceship  through 
his  various  efforts,  which  include  big  game  hunting,  Arctic  exploring  and  war  service  as  well 
as  wide  business  activities.  Mr.  Borden1  characterizes  himself  as  a  "capitalist,"  but  that  does 
not  tell  even  a  part  of  his  history. 

He  was  born  in  New  York  City,  May  21,  1884,  but  came  to  Chicago  while  still  very  young 
with  his  parents,  William  and  Mary  (Whiting)  Borden.  He  was  educated  at  the  University 
School,  Chicago,  the  Hill  School  of  Pottstown,  Pennsylvania,  and  finally  received,  in  1906,  his 
"B.A."  at  Yale.  He  then  studied  law  in  the  Yale  Law  School  and  Northwestern  Law  School, 
being  admitted  to  the  Illinois  Bar  in   1908. 

Soon  after  he  became  identified  with  the  taxicab  business  in  Chicago,  and  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Chicago  Yellow  Cab  Company,  the  Yellow  Manufacturing  Company  and  the 
Omnibus  Corporation,  all  of  which  are  the  largest  concerns  of  their  kind  in  the  world.  He  is 
a  director  of  all  three  corporations  now  and  also  Balaban  &  Katz,  which  operates  a  chain  of 
motion  picture  houses  in  Chicago. 

He  has  participated  in  several  whaling  and  Arctic  exploration  expeditions.  His  ship,  the 
Great  Bear,  was  wrecked  in  the  Behring  Sea  on  August  10,  1916,  and  Mr.  Borden  and  his  crew 
camped  on   an  uninhabited  island  for  fifteen  days  until  rescued  by  a  United  States  Revenue  cutter. 

He  was  a  lieutenant  commander  in  the  U.  S.  N.  R.  F.  from  191 7  to  1919  and  when  the  war 
broke  out  tendered  his  ship  the  "Kanawha"  fully  equipped  to  the  United  States  Government  as 
a  submarine  destroyer.  It  was  accepted  and  he  was  placed  in  command  of  the  ship,  renamed  the 
U.  S.  S.  Piqua,  which  operated  out  of  Brest  as  a  part  of  the  Breton  patrol.  He  was  awarded 
the   Navy   Cross   in   recognition   of  his  war  service. 

Mr.  Borden  is  a  trustee  of  the  Field  Museum  of  Natural  History,  a  member  of  the  Arctic 
Brotherhood  and  the  Nome  (Alaska)  Kennel  Club.  He  is  a  member  of  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon, 
Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Chicago  Club,  Racquet  Club,  Onwentsia  Club,  Saddle  and  Cycle  Club,  of  Chi- 
cago, Union  Club  of  New  York  and  New  York  Yacht  Club. 


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JOHN  HERTZ 

The  success  of  the  Yellow  Cab  Company  of  Chicago  and  its  allied  companies,  one  of  the  most 
romantic  of  recent  commercial  developments,  is  largely  the  history  of  John  Hertz,  who  was  born 
at  Ruttka,  Austria,  April  10,  1879,  the  son  of  Jacob  Hertz  and  Katherine  (Schlesenger)  Hertz, 
and   whose   formal   education   ended   with    the   sixth  grade  of  the  Garfield  Public  School  of  Chicago. 

Mr.  Hertz  is  president  of  the  Yellow  Cab  Company;  president  of  the  Yellow  Cab  Manu- 
facturing Company;  chairman  of  the  board  of  the  Omnibus  Company,  and  director  of  the  Fore- 
man  National   Bank    and    the    Balaban    and   Katz  Corporation. 

During  the  war,  as  a  member  of  the  motor  section  of  the  Division  of  Transport,  Mr.  Hertz 
assisted   in   the   organization   of   all   motor   depots. 

On  July  15,  1903,  Mr.  Hertz  was  married  to  Fannie  Keener  at  Chicago.  There  are  three 
children,    Leona    Ettlinger,    Helen    Hertz    and    Leonard   Hertz. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Riding  Club,  the  Standard  Club,  the  Mid-Day  Club  and 
the  Barrington  Hills  Country  Club.  His  business  address  is  57  East  Twenty-first  Street  and  his 
residence  is  3400  Sheridan  Road,  Chicago. 


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Matzcne,  Chicago 

JAMES  SIMPSON 

"Do  It  Now" — the  favorite  motto  of  James  Simpson,  president  of  Marshall  Field  &  Company,  perhaps, 
better  than  anything  else,  expresses  the  philosophy  that  has  guided  him  to  conspicuous  success.  Keen  imagi- 
nation and  foresight,  restless  mental  and  physical  energy,  coupled  with  an  unbelievable  power  of  concen- 
tration and  shrewd  analysis — these  powers  he  has  guided  to  practical  action  in  the  attainment  of  notable 
success   in   both   business    and   private   life. 

To  further  realize  this  tremendously  vigorous  and  alert  man,  who,  when  but  "forty-nine  years 
young"  was  elected  to  head  the  world's  greatest  dry  goods  enterprise  with  its  far-flung  wholesale,  retail, 
importing  and  manufacturing  activities,  one  would  do  well  to  recall  Kipling's  poem,  "If" — which  signif- 
icantly  enough   hangs    framed   at   the   door  of   Mr.    Simpson's  office. 

James  Simpson  was  born  in  Glasgow.  Scotland,  January  26,  1874,  the  son  of  William  and  Isabel 
(Brechin)  Simpson.  When  six  years  old  he  was  brought  to  this  country  by  his  mother,  his  father  hav- 
ing come  the  year  before.  He  attended  public  schools  in  Chicago  and  business  college  for  two  years. 
In  1891  he  entered  the  cashier's  office  of  Marshall  Field  &  Company  and  within  a  year,  through  native 
ability,  rose  to  the  position  of  confidential  clerk  to  Mr.    Marshall    Field. 

His  progress  from  that  time  on  was  meteoric.  It  is  to  this  personal  relationship  with  Mr.  Field, 
which  became  almost  that  of  father  and  son,  he  attributes  bis  thorough  knowledge  of  merchandise  and 
his  ability  to  judge  men.  During  this  time  he  earned  the  friendship  and  esteem  of  Air.  Field's  trusted 
friend  and  associate,  Mr.  John  G.   Shedd. 

In  1906  Mr.  Field  died  and  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  Shedd,  and  Mr.  Simpson,  although  only  thirty-one 
years  old,  was  elected  second  vice-president   of  the   company  and  assistant  to  the  president,  a  position  which 

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Matzene,  Chicago 

SILAS  HARDY  STRAWN 

Silas  Hardy  Strawn,  senior  member  of  one  of  the  oldest  and  best  known  law  firms  in  Chicago,  Win- 
ston, Strawn  &  Shaw,  was  horn  at  Ottawa,  Illinois.  December  15,  1866,  son  of  Ahner  and  Eliza  (Hardy) 
Strawn.      llis    father   was   horn   in    Ohio   and   his   mother  was  a  native  of  Vermont. 

Mr.  Strawn  was  graduated  from  the  Ottawa  High  School  in  1885.  During  the  succeeding  two  years 
he  taught  school.  He  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Bull  &  Strawn  at  Ottawa  in  the  fall  of 
1887,   and    was   admitted    to   the    Illinois   bar   at   an   examination   held   May  22,   1889. 

Mr.  Strawn  moved  to  Chicago  in  September,  1891,  and  in  April  of  the  following  year  became  asso- 
ciated with  the  firm  of  Winston  >S:  Meagher.  In  September,  1894,  he  was  admitted  to  partnership  in  that 
firm.  Later  the  firm  became  Winston,  Payne.  Strawn  &  Shaw.  On  the  death  of  Mr.  Frederick  S.  Win- 
ston, the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  and  the  subsequent  retirement  of  Judge  John  Barton  Payne  on 
January  1,  1918,  to  become  general  counsel  for  the  Shipping  Board  and  later  Director-General  of  Rail- 
roads and  Secretary  of  the  Interior  under  the  Wilson  administration,  Mr.  Strawn  became  the  senior  mem- 
ber of   the   firm,  the  present   name  being    Winston,    Strawn   &   Shaw. 

While  this  firm  is  engaged  in  general  practice,  it  is  best  known  through  it-  corporate  clientage.  The 
firm  acts  a-  general  counsel  for  the  Union  Stock  Yard  and  Transit  Company;  general  solicitors  (now 
counsel  for  the  receivers)  of  the  Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad  Company;  solicitors  for  Indiana  and  Illi- 
nois of  the  Michigan  Central  Railroad  Company;  general  counsel  for  the  Chicago  Great  Western  Railroad 
Company;  attorneys  for  Illinois  of  the  Chicago,  Indianapolis  and  Louisville  Railway  Company;  attorneys 
for   the   Mutual    Life    Insurance    Company   of    Xew    York   and    several   other   corporations. 

Mr.    Strawn    is   chairman   of    the   board   of   direct!  rs  of    Montgomery   Ward  &   Company,   is   a   director 

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Kochne,  Chicago 

CHARLES  H.  WACKER 

Charles  Henry  Wacker  is  listed  as  a  real  estate  operator  but  his  activities  extend  into  other  fields. 
He  has  gained  international  prominence  in  his  efforts  to  make  Chicago  a  "City  Beautiful"  in  his  capac- 
ity   as    chairman    of    the    Chicago     Plan     Commission. 

Mr.  Wacker  was  born  in  Chicago  August  29,  1856,  his  parents  being  Frederick  and  Catharine  (Hum- 
mel) Wacker.  Chicago's  public  schools,  and  Lake  Forest  (111.)  Academy  provided  his  initial  education 
but  he  finished  at  Stuttgart,  Germany,  and  Geneva,  Switzerland. 

When  he  was  24  years  old,  he  joined  his  father  in  establishing  the  malting  firm  of  F.  Wacker  &  Son, 
which  later  became  Wacker  &  Birk  Brewing  &  Malting  Company,  of  which  he  was  president  from  1884 
to  1901,  inclusive.  He  is  president  of  the  Chicago  Heights  Land  Association,  the  Chicago  Heights  Ter- 
minal   Transfer   Railroad    Company   and   a   director   of  the   Illinois   Merchants   Trust   Company. 

Mr.  Wacker  first  came  definitely  into  public  favor  and  prominence  when  he  was  appointed  a  direc- 
tor and  member  of  the  committee  on  Ways  and  Means  of  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition.  His  love 
of  the  beautiful  in  city  planning  early  became  manifest  and  in  recognition  of  his  activities  and  interest  he 
was  appointed  to  his  present  position  in  the  plan  commission  and  also  as  secretary  of  the  Chicago  Zon- 
ing   Commission. 

For  years,  he  was  a  director  and  president  of  the  Chicago  Relief  and  Aid  Society  and  also  the  United 
Charities  ot  Chicago.  He  is  a  governing  member  of  the  Chicago  Art  Institute;  member  executive  com- 
mittee American  Civic  Association ;  member  Forest  Preserve  Commission  of  Cook  County ;  director, 
Illinois  Social  Hygiene  League;  director,  Chicago  Council  of  Social  Agencies;  director  and  member  of  the 
executive    committee,    Chicago    Chapter,    American    Red   Cross.     During  the  war,  he  was  extremely  active 

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Chambers 
LEROY  A.  GODDARD 

Another  instance  of  a  successful  self-made  business  man  is  Leroy  A.  Goddard.  He  was  born  in 
Marion,  Illinois.  June  22,  1854,  son  of  James  T.  and  Winifred  (Spiller)  Goddard.  He  went  to  scbool 
during  the  winter  and  worked  at  odd  jobs  in  the  summer  until  he  was  sixteen,  when  he  quit  school  alto- 
gether and  began  as  a  clerk,  working  his  way  up  until  he  attained  some  success  as  a  merchant.  January 
1,  1879,  be  commenced  as  a  private  hanker  in  Marion,  having  the  only  bank  in  Williamson  County  until 
1890  when  he  sold  his  interests.  He  then  established  the  First  National  Bank  at  Mt.  Carmel,  Illinois, 
being  its  president  until  August  I,  [892,  when  he  came  to  Chicago  as  cashier  of  the  Fort  Dearborn  Na- 
tional Bank,  which  institution  he  was  selected  to  head,  January,  1903.  In  June,  1908,  he  became  cashier 
of  the  State  Bank  of  Chicago  and  in  May,  the  following  year,  was  elected  its  president.  In  June,  1908, 
he   voluntarily   assumed   his   present   position   of  chairman  of   the  board. 

Mr.  Goddard  has  the  distinction  of  having  been  elected  city  treasurer  of  Marion  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  and  mayor  at  twenty-three,  serving  two  terms  and  declined  to  permit  the  use  of  his  name  for  the 
third.  In  1918  he  erected  and  presented  to  the  city  a  chapel  of  cut  stone  and  Gothic  architecture  with 
a  seating  capacity  of  two  hundred,  locating  it  in  the  cemetery  which  he  established  while  mayor.  His 
life  in  Chicago  has  been  a  very  busy  one.  He  was  two  years  president  of  the  Chicago  Clearing  House 
Association,  two  years  treasurer  of  the  Chicago  Stock  Exchange,  one  year  president  of  the  Bankers 
Club  of  Chicago,  also  of  the  Union  League  Club  of  Chicago  and  several  years  presidenl  Society  War  of 
1812;  declined  position  on  Federal  Reserve  Board  offered  by  President  Harding.  He  was  three  years  mem- 
ber Executive  Council  American  Bankers  Association  and  served  one  term  as  president  of  Illinois  Bank- 
ers Association,  also  a  number  of  years  on   Normal  School   Board  of  Illinois.     He  is  on  board  of  directors 

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Steffens 

MARVIN  HUGHITT,  SR. 

Marvin  Hughitt,  dean  of  Western  railway  officials ;  chairman  of  the  board  of  the  Chicago  and  North 
Western  Railway  Company,  in  the  service  of  which  road  he  has  been  for  fifty-three  years ;  chairman  of 
the  board  of  the  Chicago,  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis  and  Omaha  Railway  Company,  and  at  eighty-seven  years 
of  age  active  in  the  affairs  of  both  roads,  was  born  at  Genoa,  New  York,  August  9,  1837,  the  son  of  Amos 
and  Miranda    (Clark)    Hughitt,   and  attended  school   at  Genoa. 

Mr.  Hughitt  entered  the  railway  service  in  1856  and  served  until  1862  successively  as  telegrapher;  train- 
master and  superintendent  of  the  St.  Louis,  Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad,  which  has  since  become  the  Chi- 
cago and  Alton.  In  1862  and  1864  Mr.  Hughitt  was  superintendent  of  the  southern  division  of  the  Illinois 
Central  and  from  1862  to  1864  he  was  general  superintendent  of  the  road.  In  1870  and  1871  he  was  assist- 
ant general  manager  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railroad  and  in  1871  and  1872  he  was  gen- 
eral superintendent  of  the  Pullman  Palace  Car  Company.  From  1872  to  1876  he  was  general  superin- 
tendent of  the  Chicago  and  North  Western  and  from  1876  to  1880  he  was  general  manager.  In  1880  he  was 
elected  a  vice-president  of  "The  North  Western,"  continuing  as  general  manager  to  1887  when  he  was 
elected  president.  From  1887  to  October,  1910,  he  served  as  president  and  on  the  latter  date  was  elected 
chairman  of  the  board. 

From  1882  to  1907  Mr.  Hughitt  served  as  president  of  the  Chicago,  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis  and  Omaha 
Railway  Company ;  from  1907  to  1910  he  was  chairman  of  the  executive  committee  and  since  then  he  has 
been  chairman  of  the   board. 

Mr.   Hughitt   is  a   director  of  the   Illinois   Bell   Telephone   Company   and   the  John    Crerar   Library. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Club,  the  Union  League  Club,  the   Commercial   Club,   the   Chamber  of 

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JAMES  EDWARD  GORMAN 

James  Edward  Gorman,  president  of  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railway,  was  born  at 
Chicago,   December  3,    1863,   and   attended   grammar   school. 

He  commenced  railroading  at  the  age  of  fourteen  in  the  employ  of  the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy 
Railway,  and  successively  was  employed  by  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railway,  the  Chicago 
Lumber  Company,  the  Chicago  and  North  Western  Railway,  the  Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Railway, 
the  Illinois  Central  Railroad,  the  Santa  Fe  and  California  Railway,  Joy  Morton  and  Company,  and  again 
by  the   Atchison,   Topeka   and   Santa    Fe. 

In  1909  he  was  elected  to  the  vice-presidency  of  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific,  in  charge  of 
freight  traffic.  In  1915,  when  the  road  went  into  the  hands  of  a  receiver,  he  was  appointed  chief  executive 
officer,  and  when  the  receivership  was  dissolved  he  was  elected  president.  In  1918-19-20  he  operated  the 
road  as   Federal  manager  for  the  United    States  government. 

Mr.  Gorman  is  a  director  of  the  Central  Trust  Company  of  Illinois  and  the  Pacific  American  Fisheries 
Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Club,  the  Chicago  Athletic   Association   and  the   Mid-Day  Club. 

In  1888  he  was  married  to  Harriet  McGregor  of  Chicago.  There  is  one  daughter,  Harriet  McGregor 
Gorman. 

His   business   address   is  the   La   Salle   Street   Station,  and  his  residence  is  the  Bidden  Hotel.  Chicago. 


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Moffctt 

WILLIAM  HENRY  FINLEY 

William  Henry  Finley,  who  has  just  retired  from  the  presidency  of  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  and 
the  Chicago,  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis  and  Omaha  Railroads,  was  born  at  Delaware  City,  Delaware,  January 
22,  1862,  the  son  of  William  F.  and  Mary  (McDonough)  Finley.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Wil- 
mington, Delaware,  and  was  privately  instructed. 

Mr.  Finley's  first  position,  obtained  when  he  was  sixteen  years  old,  was  with  the  Delaware  Gazette 
at  Wilmington,  Delaware.  He  continued  with  the  newspaper  for  four  years  and  then  entered  the  engineer- 
ing department  of  the  Edge  Moor  Iron  Company.  In  1887  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  engineering  de- 
partment of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railroad  and  in  1892  he  accepted  a  position  as  engineer 
of  bridges  for  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railroad.  Eight  years  later  he  was  promoted  to  the  posi- 
tion of  principal  assistant  engineer  of  the  road. 

In  1905  and  1906  Mr.  Finley  was  vice-president  and  manager  of  the  Widell-Finley  Company,  engineers 
and  contractors,  and  in   1906  he   returned  to  the   Northwestern  as  assistant  chief  engineer. 

In  1913  he  was  appointed  chief  engineer  of  the  road  and  in  1918  he  was  elected  president.  On  Septem- 
ber  19,   1922,  he  was  elected  president  of  the   Chicago,  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis  and  Omaha  Railroad. 

Mr.  Finley  is  a  director  of  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railroad,  the  Chicago,  St.  Paul,  Minne- 
apolis and  Omaha  Railroad,  the  St.  Paul  Union  Depot  Companv.  the  Minneapolis-Eastern  Railway,  the 
Western  Railroad  Association,  the  Indiana  Harbor  Belt  Railroad  Company,  the  Peoria  and  Pekin  Union 
Railway   Company   and  the   Foreman    National    Bank. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  the  Western  Society  of  Engineers  (presi- 
dent in   1902-3),   the   American   Association  of   Engineers    (president  in   1918),   the  American  Railway  En- 

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The  Qhicago  ^hCill  and  J^umber  Qompany 

^|HE  Chicago  Mill  and  Lumber  Company,  which  with  its  serving  companies  has  grown 
from  humble  beginnings  under  the  administration  of  father  and  son  to  an  organiza- 
tion that  represents  a  capital  investment  of  approximately  $25,000,000,  is  a  splendid 
example  of  vertical  integration,  representing  as  the  company  does  the  gathering  and 
control  of  raw  products,  their  transportation  on  railroads  built  to  bridge  the  gap  be- 
tween source  and  factory,  the  conversion  of  the  raws  into  finished  products  and  the  distribution  of 
the  last  named.  And  the  success  of  the  company  is  the  practical  result  of  the  talent  and  energy 
of  its  founder,  Hermann  Paepcke,  and  his  son,  Walter  P.  Paepclce,  who  succeeded  his  father  as  pres- 
ident of  the  company. 

Hermann  Paepcke  was  born  in  Teterow,  Mecklenburg-Schwerin,  Germany,  February  12,  1 8 5 1 , 
the  son  of  August  Wilhelm  and  Louise  Paepcke,  and  was  educated  in  Teterow  schools,  with  edu- 
cational business  training  in  Wismar  and  Magdeburg.  He  received  the  military  training  re- 
quired of  the  men  of  his  country,  and  volunteered  and  served  in  the  Franco-Prussian  War.  Sub- 
sequently he  saw  service  in  some  of  the  major  battles  of  the  war,  was  at  the  siege  of  Paris  and  was 
awarded   the  iron  cross  for  meritorious  service. 

Immediately  after  receiving  an  honorable  discharge  from  the  army,  Mr.  Paepcke  came  to 
America,  settling  in  Indianola,  Texas,  where  for  several  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  export  and 
import  of  various  commodities.  In  1878,  he  married  Paula  Wagner,  who  was  born  in  Texas  of 
German  parentage. 

In  1 88 1,  a  tidal  wave  practically  destroyed  the  town  of  Indianola,  and  as  a  result  of  this 
catastrophe,  Mr.  Paepcke  left  Texas  and  came  to  Chicago.  In  Chicago,  he  formed  a  partnership 
under  the  name  of  the  Paepcke-Wagner  Company,  which  operated  a  planing  mill  and  conducted  a 
lumber  business  at  Fifth  Avenue  and  Harrison  Street,  the  site  of  the  present  Baltimore  and  Ohio 
Station.      Later   he   purchased    the   interest   of    his  partner  and   conducted   the  business  alone. 

Gradually  the  activities  of  the  firm  were  changed  to  the  manufacture  of  wood  boxes.  In 
order  to  become  independent  as  far  as  raw  material  was  concerned,  Mr.  Paepcke  began  to  ac- 
quire saw  mills  and  timber  tracts  in  Arkansas  and  Mississippi.  By  191 1,  the  operations  of  the 
various  concerns  of  which  he  was  the  head  had  increased  to  such  an  extent  that  it  was  found  ad- 
visable to  consolidate  them  into  a  single  company.  The  Chicago  Mill  and  Lumber  Company 
was  the  result,  at  that  time  capitalized  for  $8,000,000.  The  other  major  concern  of  which  Mr. 
Paepcke  was  president  was  the  Paepcke  Leicht  Lumber  Company,  capitalized  at  $2,000,000. 

The  Chicago  Mill  and  Lumber  Company  from  191 1  to  December  31,  1924,  when  it  acquired 
the  properties  of  the  Paepcke  Leicht  Lumber  Company,  marketed  the  boxes  produced  by  both  con- 
cerns, although  lumber  as  well  as  boxes  were  part  of  its  production.  The  Paepcke  Leicht  Lumber 
Company,  on  the  other  hand,  marketed  the  lumber  products  of  both  companies,  although  it  also 
was  a  producer  of  both  boxes  and  lumber. 

Shortly  after  the  formation  of  the  new  and  larger  Chicago  Mill  and  Lumber  Company  in 
191 1,  the  conversion  from  wood  to  paper  boxes  began  and  Mr.  Paepcke  decided  to  go  into  the 
manufacture  of  paper  boxes,  and  in  191 7  a  mill  was  built  at  Chicago,  and  in  1921,  his  interests 
acquired  a  two-machine  paper  unit  at  Cincinnati. 

On  July  22,  1922,  Mr.  Paepcke  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-one.  The  major  companies  that 
he  controlled  at  the  time  of  his  death,  including  the  various  railroads  that  had  been  formed  to 
serve  the  southern  lumber  and  box  interests,  represented  an  aggregate  investment  of  approximately 
$20,000,000. 

During  his  life,  Mr.  Paepcke  was  affiliated  with  the  Republican  party,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  Chicago  Athletic  Association,  the  Union  League  Club,  the  Mid-Day  Club,  the  South  Shore 
Country  Club,   the   Skokie   Country  Club  and   the  Chicago  Lincoln  Club. 

Mrs.  Paula  Paepcke  died  on  July  12,  1909,  in  the  Glencoe  home,  being  survived  by  four  chil- 
dren. On  June  22,  1912,  Mr.  Paepcke  was  married  to  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Julia  Meade,  of  Green- 
ville,  Mississippi,  who  survives  him  and   resides  in  the  homestead  in  Pearson  Street,  Chicago. 

Hermann  Paepcke  left  four  children  by  his  first  wife:  Sophie,  who  married  Dr.  Alexander 
Pfluger,  of  Bonn,  Germany;  Lydia,  who  is  the  wife  of  William  Wilms,  of  Chicago;  Alice,  who 
is  the  wife  of  Louis  Guenzel,  of  Chicago,  and  Walter  P.  Paepcke.  Hermann  Paepcke  also'  left 
five  granchildren :  Mary  Alice  Pfluger,  of  Bonn,  Germany,  and  her  sister,  Hertha,  now  Mrs.  Karl 
Gelpcke,  of  Berlin,  Germany;  Hermann  Paepcke  Wilms,  Paula  Elizabeth  Wilms  and  Paul  Wal- 
ter Guenzel,  of  Chicago. 

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LIBRARY  /'"'"'  rif'!'-°ne 

UNiVtRSITY  OF  ILLINOIS 
URBANA 


Walter  P.  Paepcke 


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Hermann  Paepcke 


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ROBERT  M.  EASTMAN 
Robert  M    Eastman    president  of  the  W.   F.    Hall   Printing   Company    is   an   example  of   the 

°'   VSl^  "^  %£?%£**  —  *  vocation  in  the  printing  busi- 

Mr.    Eastman,   lute  ncnja  ,mDloved   as  a   compositor,    foreman    and   superin- 

ness    for  coming  to  Ch.eago  m   1886    he  w      tmpto  ed  P^        ^  ^.^  ^  .^ 

XrhimseH  with  t  W.   F.   Hail'  pl^g  Company  through  the  re-organiaa.ion  of  an  old  con- 
Cern'^,  ♦     *   1   KrqvPiv  w;rn   a  capital  of  twenty  thousand  dollars  and  twenty-five 

the  entire  State  of  Illinois  in  the  year  of  the  institution's  founding. 

TrTw.  E.  Hal,  Pnnting  Company  Cannes  ig  operations ,0 ■*-££>&  £-£ 

order  catalogs  of  Ch.cago's  famous  houses  and  a  ™™.derab  e   1 1st   o  P 

and  booklets.     Its  plant  produces  an  average   ^^l'^^modm  facility  for  hand- 
500  employees  are   required   for  its  operation      It  1    equ  PP  thoroughly  trained  in  their  par- 

ling  the .largest  possibl. ■   P^^^ „f  &££%Z£*  the  Urges,  one-story  building 
'  ,C  Chic  I   cov    ing"en  a    e    of     round  and  ranking  in  size  with  the  Ford  plan,  ,n  Detroit. 

stone  of   our  new  plant,     says  Mr.    Eastman,        vve  are  struegling  art  into  the  realm  of 

who    were    instrumental    in    bringing   printing    out  of  the  chaos  or  struggling 

the  creative  arts  and  mighty  industries/  '  ^^  .g  president     f 

Resides   being   president   of   the    W.    r.    -Hall  rnnting  ^mp<uij,  PWnnliv    Pub- 

he  Ludlow  Typograph  Company  and   the  Eddy  Paper  Corporation. 

Mr    Eastmu/was  married   to   Carrie   Evers  at   Chicago   on   January 1+.  J _  94,   an  e  has   a 
son,  William  Evers  Eastman,  and  a  daughter    Eunice    Eve      Ea  tnuam      1  he  y^  ^  ^ 

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Gibson 


Robert  M.  Eastman 


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JOHN  B.  DRAKE 

The  second  hotel  building  member  of  the  Drake  family,  John  B.  Drake,  was  born  in  Chicago,  May 
19,  1872,  the  son  of  John  B.  and  Josephine  C.  (Corey)  Drake.  After  preparatory  education  in  the  Harvard 
School,  Chicago,  this  son  attended  St.  John's  School,  Ossining,  New  York,  and  Phillips  Academy,  An- 
dover,  Massachusetts. 

His  principal  interests  have  always  correlated  those  of  his  older  brother — hotel  building  and  operation. 
With  his  brother  he  built  the  Blackstone  Hotel  and  Theatre  and  later  the  Drake  Hotel,  two  of  Chi- 
cago's   most    distinguished    hostelries. 

Mr.  John  B.  Drake  is  vice-president  and  treasurer  of  the  Drake  Hotel  Company,  operating  the  Black- 
stone  Hotel;  the  Whitestone  Company,  operating  the  Drake  Hotel,  and  the  Blackstone  Company,  operating 
the  Blackstone  Theatre. 

in  addition  he  is  a  director  of  the  Lake  Shore  Trust  &  Savings  Bank  and  treasurer  and  director  of 
the  Tolleston  Club  and  the  Grand  Island  Lodge. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Club,  the  Racquet  Club,  the  Chicago  Riding  Club,  Onwentsia,  Hamil- 
ton  Club,  Tolleston   Club  and  the   Grand   Island  Lodge. 

With  his  wife  and  children,  John  B.,  Jr.,  William  McClellan,  Elizabeth  and  Katherine.  he  lives  at  the 
Drake  Hotel  and  maintains  an  office  suite  at  the  same  place. 


TRACY  COREY  DRAKE 

Two  monumental  hotels  front  Michigan  Boulevard,  Chicago,  as  material  evidence  of  the  achievements 
of   Tracy  Corey  Drake  and  his  brother,   John   B.   Drake. 

Born  in  Chicago,  September  12,  1864,  the  son  of  John  B.  and  Josephine  C.  (Corey)  Drake,  Tracy 
Corey  Drake  was  educated  in  the  East.  After  two  years  at  Vermont  Episcopal  Institute,  Burlington 
(1877-79),  and  three  years  at  Trinity  Military  Institute,  Tivoli,  New  York  (1879-82),  he  received  the 
degree  of  B.S.  from  the  Rensselaer   Polytechnic  Institute,  Troy,  New  York,  in  1886. 

Returning  to  Chicago  that  year  he  entered  the  employ  of  Drake,  Parker  &  Company,  proprietors  of  the 
Grand  Pacific  Hotel,  later  to  become  a  partner  in  the  firm.  In  1895  the  Grand  Pacific  was  closed  and  for 
tne  ensuing  two  years  Mr.  Drake  traveled  in  Europe  and  the  Orient. 

From  1898  until  1900  Mr.  Drake  was  a  stock  and  bond  broker  and  was  occupied  with  the  administra- 
tion of  his  father's  estate  until   1907. 

With  his  brother,  Mr.  Drake  organized  The  Drake  Hotel  Company  and  in  1909  built  the  Blackstone 
Hotel  and  Theatre,  opened  in  1910.  Success  accompanying  this  undertaking  the  activities  were  expanded 
with  the  organization  of  The  Whitestone  Company  and  the  building  of  The  Drake  Hotel  in  1919-20. 

To-day  Mr.  Drake  is  president  of  The  Drake  Hotel  Company,  The  Whitestone  Company  and  The 
Blackstone  Company.  He  is  a  member  of  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  Fraternity,  the  Chicago  Club,  the  Chi- 
cago Athletic  Association,  Lake  Geneva  Country  Club  and  the  D.  K.  E.  Club  of  New  York;  is  a  Repub- 
lican and  a  member  of  the  Fourth  Presbyterian  Church.  He  resides  at  Lake  Geneva,  Wisconsin,  and 
his  business  address  is  The  Blackstone,   Chicago. 

He  married  Annie  Colton  Daughaday  of  St.  Louis,  January  12,  1893,  and  is  the  father  of  two  sons. 


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Fnlton-Lawsov 
EDWARD    FRANCIS   CARRY 

Edward  Francis  Carry,  president  of  The  Pullman  Company,  was  horn  at  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana,  on 
May  16,  1867,  the  son  of  Joseph  J.  and  Margaret  C.  (Stoops)  Carry.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  started  work  in  a  minor  capacity  with  the  Wells  &  French  Company,  later  working  up  to  the 
position  of  secretary  of  the  company. 

In  1899  Mr.  Carry  became  associated  with  the  American  Car  and  Foundry  Company  when  that  organ- 
ization purchased  Wells  &  French,  and  it  was  here  he  gained  his  knowledge  of  the  railroad  equipment 
manufacturing  business,  which  has  since  won  him  a  national  reputation.  In  this  association  he  became 
first  vice-president  and  general  manager.  In  1915  he  was  prevailed  upon  to  become  president  of  the 
Haskell  &  Barker  Car  Company,  Incorporated,  which  was  one  of  the  largest  corporations  of  its  kind  and 
in  which  Mr.  Carry  played  an  important  part  in  increasing  the  business.  In  January  of  [922,  that  con- 
cern was  absorbed  by  The  Pullman  Company  and  Mr.  Carry  was  elected  president  of  the  larger  corpora- 
tion, which   position  he  now  holds. 

He  is,  however,  an  outstanding  figure  in  Chicago  business  circles,  as  is  indicated  by  the  tact  that  he 
is  on  the  directorate  of  the  Atlas  Portland  Cement  Company,  Continental  and  Commercial  National  Bank 
of  Chicago.  Continental  and  Commercial  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  Continental  and  Commercial  Securities 
Company,  Hurley  Machine  Company,  Pullman  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  and  the  Guaranty  Trust  Company, 
as  well  as  the  company  he  heads. 

When  the  United' States  entered  the  war  Mr.  Carry's  executive  ability  became  invaluable  to  the  gov- 
ernment and  he  was  given  one  position  after  another  in  the  organization  of  the  various  departments.  He 
was   vice-chairman   of   the   Shipbuilding   Labor   Adjustment    Hoard    for   a   short    tune   and    then   was   asked  to 

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Eugene  L.  Ray,  Evanston 

ALEXANDER  F.  BANKS 

Alexander  F.  Banks,  president  of  the  Elgin,  Joliet  and  Eastern  Railway  Company;  president  of  the 
Chicago,  Lake  Shore  and  Eastern  Railway,  was  born  in  Crawford  County,  Indiana,  January  31,  1861,  the 
son  of  Henry  Bartlett  and  Julia  Catherine  (French)  Banks,  and  attended  public  schools  at  Rockport,  In- 
diana. 

Mr.  Banks  is  a  director  of  the  Elg'n.  Joliet  and  Eastern  Railway,  the  Chicago,  Lake  Shore  and  East- 
ern Railway,  the  Continental  and  Commercial  National  Bank,  the  Continental  and  Commercial  Trust  and 
Savings  Bank,  the  Continental  and  Commercial  Securities  Company,  the  South  Chicago  Savings  Bank  and 
the   Gary   State  Bank,   Gary,   Indiana. 

Club  memberships  include  the  Chicago  Club,  the  Mid-Day  Club,  the  Evanston  Country  Club,  the  Old 
Elm  Club,  the  Glen  View  Golf  Club  and  the  Onwentsia  Club. 

On  November  13,  1883,  Mr.  Banks  was  married  to  Blanche  Nichelson  at  Evansville,  Indiana.  There 
are  three  children,  Duke   N.,  Blanche  and   Charles  A.  Banks. 

His  office  is  208  South  La  Salle  Street,  Chicago,   and   his    residence   is    1204   Sheridan   Road,   Evanston. 


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BRITTON  IHRIE  BUDD 

In  tlie  development  of  Chicago's  rapid  transit  system,  the  most  outstanding  figure  is  that  of  Britton  I. 
Budd,   president   of  the  Chicago   Rapid  Transit  Company. 

Practically  all  of  Mr.  Budd's  working  life  has  been  spent  on  Chicago's  elevated  railroads.  His  first 
connection  was  with  the  Metropolitan  in  1895,  the  year  in  which  it  opened  to  traffic.  Working  his  way 
up  through  various  subordinate  positions  he  was  elected  president  of  the  company  in  1010.  The  following 
year  the  separate  roads  were  brought  under  unified  management  and  Mr.  Budd  was  chosen  president  of  each 
of  the  four  companies.  In  the  spring  of  1924,  when  a  financial  reorganization  was  brought  about  and  the 
various  companies  consolidated  under  the  name  of  the  Chicago  Rapid  Transit  Company,  he  was  made 
president   of   the    system. 

As  president  also  of  the  Chicago  North  Shore  and  Milwaukee  Railroad  and  of  the  Public  Service 
Company  of  Northern  Illinois  the  ability  of  Mr.  Budd  as  a  public  utility  executive  has  been  demon- 
strated. Both  companies  in  1923  won  the  Charles  A.  Coffin  gold  medal  and  prize  award  in  competition 
with  electric  railroads  and  electric  light  companies  in  all  parts  of  the  country.  The  prizes  were  awarded 
for  the  most  distinguished  contribution  to  the  advancement  of  the  electric  railway  and  the  electric  light 
and  power  industries. 

An  important  factor  in  the  winning  of  these  coveted  prizes  was  the  exceptionally  good  public  relations 
enjoyed  by  both  companies.  Public  and  employe  relations  on  the  North  Shore  Line  have  the  admiration 
of  electric  railway  executives  all  over  the  United  States.  Under  the  present  management  the  number  of 
passengers  carried  annually  has  been  more  than  doubled  and  the  gross  annual  revenue  increased  more  than 
five  times.     Every  customer  of  the  company  is  a  friend   and   booster   and   every   employe   is   proud    of    his 

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Moffett 

WILLIAM  BENSON   STOREY 

In  the  foremost  ranks  of  railroad  presidents  with  construction  ability  is  to  be  found  William  Benson 
Storey,  president  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railway  and  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  transporta- 
tion field  in  the  United  States.  To  him  is  due  much  of  the  credit  for  the  position  in  which  the  Santa 
Fe  finds  itself  to-day,  for  he  himself  actually  has  worked  out  a  large  part  of  the  construction  program 
of  that  road. 

There  are  a  number  of  railroad  presidents  in  this  country  who  have  advanced  to  their  present  posi- 
tions because  of  their  ability  to  solve  operating  problems,  but  there  are  few  who  also  may  be  regarded 
as  railroad  construction  men.  Mr.  Storey  belongs  to  the  latter  class,  due  to  the  fact  that  his  first  step 
into  the  railway  field  was  as  a  member  of  a  construction  gang. 

Mr.  Storey's  initiation  into  railroading  occurred  in  1877,  when,  as  a  youth  of  twenty,  he  joined  the 
Central  Pacific,  now  a  part  of  the  Southern  Pacific,  as  an  axeman.  This  position  he  retained  for  one  year, 
but  he  had  higher  ambitions,  which,  he  found  required  further  education,  although  he  had  what  was  re- 
garded in  those  days  as  a  good  schooling,  he  having  been  graduated  from  the  Oakland  (California)  High 
School   in  1877. 

In  1878  Mr.  Storey  entered  the  University  of  California,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1881.  He 
then  returned  to  the  railway  service  that  same  year,  joining  the  Southern  Pacific.  The  next  twelve  years 
were  spent  with  that  road  consecutively  as  rodman,  levelman,  transitman  and  assistant  engineer.  From 
1893  to   1895  he  served  as  assistant   engineer  with   the    United    States    Hydraulic    Mining    Commission. 

Mr.  Storey's  first  connection  with  any  line  now  constituting  a  part  of  the  present  Santa  Fe  system  took 
place   in   1895   when   he  became   chief   engineer   and   general    superintendent    of    the    San    Francisco    &    San 

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THEODORE  FRELINGHUYSEN  MERSELES 

Theodore  F.  Merseles  is  one  of  the  well  known  and  highly  regarded  business  executives,  not  only  of  Chi- 
cago, but  of  the  United  States  as  well.  He  is  as  much  at  home  in  New  York  as  he  is  in  the  Middle  West, 
perhaps  more  so,  because  his  work  and  home  has  been  in  Chicago  only  since  1921.  He  has  been  credited 
with  the  upbuilding  of  two  of  the  largest  merchandising  organizations  in  the  country  and  is  generally  rec- 
ognized as  one   of  the  country's  ablest  executives. 

He  is  still  a  young  man  and  looks  younger  than  his  years.  He  was  born  in  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey, 
on  August  17,  1863,  his  father,  from  whom  he  took  his  name,  being  of  Holland  descent,  and  his  mother, 
Mrs.  Charlotte  J.  (Thompson)  Merseles  of  English  ancestry.  His  education  was  received  in  the  public 
and  private  schools  of  New  Jersey  and  his  business  education  commenced  in  1 88 r ,  when  he  was  but  eighteen 
years  old. 

His  first  job  was  in  the  railroad  field,  as  he  became  a  clerk  for  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  working 
in  the  office  of  James  McCrea,  then  superintendent  but  later  president  of  the  system.  After  a  few  years 
here,   he   was    employed    by   the   Trunk    Line    Association  of  New  York,  also  as  a  clerk. 

Knowledge  of  the  railroad  business  won  him  recognition  and  when  in  1893  he  was  offered  the  posi- 
tion as  manager  of  the  Western  Wheel  Works,  manufacturers  of  Crescent  Bicycles,  he  accepted.  In  1899 
he  became  associated  with  Colonel  A.  A.  Pope  and  A.  G.  Spalding,  in  the  organization  of  the  American 
Bicycle  Company,  a  $40,000,000  corporation.  This  was  one  of  the  earliest  of  the  large  industrial  consolida- 
tions in  America  and  was  looked  upon  then  as  an  extremely  ambitious  venture.  The  company  merged 
forty-two  bicycle  and   accessory  manufacturing   companies. 

He   continued   as    vice-president    of    this    combination  until   1903,  but  he  recognized  that  the  bicycle  was 

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FRANK  GEORGE  NELSON 

Frank  George  Nelson,  vice-president  of  the  Illinois  Merchants  Trust  Company,  was  born  at  Saginaw, 
Michigan,  December  25,  1869,  the  son  of  Julius  and  Susan  (O'Brien)  Nelson.  He  attended  public  schools 
and   O'Donnell   College   of    Saginaw. 

After  leaving  school,  Mr.  Nelson  entered  the  employ  of  the  Saginaw  Valley  Freight  &  Transport 
Company  and  continued  there  until  1885  when  he  became  a  messenger  for  the  Home  National  Bank  of 
Saginaw.  In  1891  he  resigned  from  the  Saginaw  bank  and  coming  to  Chicago  secured  a  position  as  a 
clerk  with  the  Merchants  Loan  and  Trust  Company.  After  serving  in  various  capacities  he  was  appointed 
assistant   cashier   in    1901    and   in    1910  he   was  elected    a   vice-president. 

Upon  the  merger  of  the  Merchants  Loan  and  Trust  Company,  the  Illinois  Trust  and  Savings  Bank 
and  the  Corn  Exchange  National  Bank  under  the  name  of  the  Illinois  Merchants  Trust  Company  in 
September,  1924,  Mr.  Nelson  was  elected  a  vice-president  of  the  consolidated  banks,  a  member  of  the 
managing  committee  and  is  a  member  of  the  trustees  of  the  pension  fund. 

Mr.  Nelson  is  vice-president  and  a  director  of  the  John  M.  Smyth  Company,  a  life  member  of  the 
Field  Museum  of  Natural  History  and  the  Art  Institute  of  Chicago,  and  a  member  of  the  Union  League, 
the   Bankers   and   the   Attic   Clubs,   and   a   life   member  of  the  Lake  Shore  Athletic  Club. 

He  is  the  proprietor  of  the  Hogans  and  China  Grove  plantations,  near  Columbia,  Louisiana;  and  is 
president  and  the  principal  owner  of  the  Terrebonne  Land  Company,   Point  au   Fer,   Louisiana. 

On  October  17,  1908,  Mr.  Nelson  was  married  to  Mary  Angela  Smyth,  daughter  of  the  late  John  M. 
Smyth,  at  Lake  Geneva,  Wisconsin.     His  business  address  is  231  South  La  Salle  Street,  Chicago. 


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FREDERICK  HOLBROOK  RAWSON 

Frederick  Holbrook  Rawson,  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Union  Trust  Company,  Chi- 
cago, was  born  May  30,  1872,  his  parents  being  Emily  (Holbrook)  and  Stephen  Wilson  Rawson.  He  was 
educated  at  the  Harvard   School   at   Chicago  and  Yale  University,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1895. 

As  soon  as  he  finished  at  Yale  Mr.  Rawson  returned  to  Chicago  to  enter  the  employ  of  the  Union 
Trust  Company  as  entry  clerk.  He  traversed  all  the  steps  of  the  banking  business  through  the  cages 
and  the  various  clerkships  and  the  minor  official  capacities  and  thereby  gained  a  thorough  knowledge 
of    financial    matters.      In    1901    he    received    recognition   by  being  elected   a   vice-president. 

Four  years  later,  January  10,  1905,  he  was  promoted  to  the  presidency,  which  position  he  held  until 
[924,  when  he  decided  to  relinquish  some  of  the  responsibilities  and  work  although  continuing  direction 
of  the  bank's  affairs.  He  was  then  elected  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors,  but  has  continued  al- 
most    as   active   as   ever   in    the   management    of   the   Union    Trust. 

Mr.  Rawson  also  is  interested  in  other  banks  and  business  corporations.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Lake 
Shore  Trust  &  Savings  and  the  Mercantile  Trust  &  Savings  Banks  and  played  an  important  part  in  their 
organization  and  development.  He  is  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the  Chicago  Clearing 
House  Association.  He  is  on  the  directorate  of  the  Chicago  Surface  Lines,  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  and 
Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  Railroads,  and  the  Miehle  Printing  Press  &  Manufacturing  Company.  His 
varied  activities  also  are  indicated  by  the  fact  that  he  is  a  director  of  the  John  Crerar  Library,  Chicago 
Home   of    Incurables   and   the    Children's    Memorial    Hospital. 

Mr.  Rawson  married  Edith  Kennett  on  January  10,  1907,  and  they  have  two  sons,  Frederick  H.  Raw- 
son.   Jr.,   and    Kenneth    Longley    Rawson. 

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Matzene 

RALPH  MARTIN  SHAW 

Ralph  Martin  Shaw,  one  of  Chicago's  foremost  attorneys,  member  of  the  firm  of  Winston,  Stra'wn  and 
Shaw  and  general  counsel  for  the  Chicago  Great  Western  Railroad  Company,  was  born  at  Paris,  Kentucky, 
February  18,  1869,  the  son  of  Hiram  and  Harriet  (Martin)  Shaw.  He  attended  the  private  school  of  Dr. 
Daniel  Stevenson  at  Augusta,  Kentucky,  received  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  arts  from  Transylvania  Uni- 
versity in  1888,  the  decree  of  bachelor  of  arts  from  Yale  University  in  1890  and  in  1892  he  was  graduated 
from   the  law   school  of  the  University  of  Michigan   with    the   degree   of   doctor   of  laws. 

In  1892  Mr.  Shaw  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Chicago.  In  1893  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  law 
firm  of  Winston  and  Meagher,  one  of  the  predecessors  of  the  present  firm  of  Winston,  Strawn  and  Shaw, 
and  in   1897  he  became  a  partner  in  the  firm. 

In  the  memorable  contest  between  E.  H.  Harriman  and  Stuyvesant  Fish  for  the  control  of  the  Illi- 
nois Central  Railroad  Company,  Mr.  Shaw  was  one  of  counsel  who  argued  for  and  established  the  right 
of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company  to  vote  the  stock  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company,  thus 
establishing  for  the  first  time  in  Illinois  the  right  of  foreign  railroad  companies  to  own  and  vote  the 
stock  of  domestic  railroad  companies. 

He  also  argued  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  the  case  of  the  Postal  Telegraph  Com- 
pany against  the  Chicago  Great  Western  Railroad  Company,  and  established  the  right,  under  the  Inter- 
state  Commerce   Act,   of    railroad   companies   to   exchange   free  transportation   with  telegraph   companies. 

Mr.  Shaw  is  a  director  of  the  Union  Stock  Yards  and  Transit  Company  of  Chicago;  Joyce  and  Com- 
pany; the  Joliet  and  Northern  Indiana  Railroad  Company;  the  American  Tar  Products  Company;  the 
Stewart    Manufacturing   Corporation;    Foote    Brothers  Gear  and  Machine  Company ;  the  Los  Angeles  Corpo- 

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LUCIUS  TETER 

Lucius  Teter,  president  of  the  Chicago  Trust  Company;  chairman  of  the  hoard.  First  Englewood 
Slate  Bank;  president  of  the  Trust  Division  of  the  American  Bankers'  Association,  was  born  at  Bowl- 
ing Green,  Indiana,  September  23,   1873,  the  son  of  Hirman  Teter  and  Frances    (Ringo)    Teter. 

After  graduating  from  Danville  High  School  in  1890,  Mr.  Teter  came  to  Chicago  and  entered  the, 
employ  of  the  Continental  and  Commercial  National  Bank,  leaving  later  to  become  associated  with  the 
American  Trust  and  Savings  Bank. 

In  1902  Mr.  Teter  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  Chicago  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  (the  present 
Chicago  Trust  Company),  and  became  that  institution's  first  cashier.  Later  he  was  elected  vice-president 
and  in  1908  lie  was  elected  president.  Largely  due  to  Mr.  Teter's  guidance  of  its  affairs  the  Chicago 
Trust   Company  has  grown  to  be  one  of  Chicago's  most  successful  financial  institutions. 

In  1907  Mr.  Teter  was  president  of  the  Savings  Bank  Section  of  the  American  Bankers'  Association. 
In    1020  an  honorary  degree  of  master  of  arts  was  conferred  upon  him   by  Dartmouth   College. 

In  addition  to  activities  already  mentioned  Mr.  Teter  is  chairman  of  the  board  of  the  G.  A.  Soden 
Company,  director  of  the  Advance  Rumely  Company,  trustee  of  the  Walker  Properties  Association,  Austin, 
Texas,  and  chairman  of  the  Postal  Service  Committee  of  the  United  States  Chamber  of  Commerce.  He 
was  treasurer  of  the  Chicago  Athletic  Association  from  1918  to  1925  and  is  now  vice-president  of  that 
organization. 

During  the  war  Mr.  Teter  was  president  of  the  Chicago  Association  of  Commerce,  and  at  the  present 
time  is  a  member  of  its  senior  council.  He  devotes  a  good  share  of  his  effort  to  civic  and  philanthropic 
work,  being  president  of  the  Infant  Welfare  Society  of  Chicago,   director  of  the  Chicago   Council   of  Social 

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GEORGE  WOODRUFF 

Although  to-day  one  of  the  leading  figures  in  the  banking  field  of  Chicago,  the  name  of  George  Wood- 
ruff was  added  only  two  and  one-half  years  ago  to  the  "Who's  Who  in  Chicago  Banking,"  when  he  be- 
came vice-president  of  the  National  Bank  of  the  Republic.  He  was  advanced  to  the  presidency  of  the 
bank   early    in    1924   and    has   now    become    vice-chairman   of  the  board. 

Before  that,  however,  Mr.  Woodruff  made  a  name  for  himself  in  Joliet,  Illinois,  where  he  was  born 
forty-two  years  ago.  He  was  elected  assistant  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Joliet  in  1903  and 
in  the  following  year  became  its  vice-president.  In  1907,  he  was  elected  to  head  that  institution,  having 
the  distinction  of  being  the  youngest  national  bank  president  in  the  United  States.  Under  his  administra- 
tion, the  assets  of  the  bank  increased  from  a  few  hundred  thousand  dollars  to  the  largest  bank  in  Illinois 
outside  of  Chicago. 

In  1909  Mr.  Woodruff  inspected  all  of  the  railroads  in  China  and  all  of  the  mileage  of  the  Trans- 
Siberian  Railroad  in  the  interest  of  a  group  of  international  bankers.  The  year  following  he  visited  every 
country  in  South  America  for  a  group  of  American  bankers  who  were  interested  in  establishing  branch 
banks    in    foreign    countries. 

The  Illinois  Bankers'  Association  chose  Mr.  Woodruff  in  191 1  to  rewrite  the  constitution  of  the  organ- 
ization, which  resulted  in  the  abolition  by  the  legislature  of  private  banks  in  Illinois.  In  the  following 
year  he  organized  at  Joliet  the  first  farm  loan  bank  in  the  United  States  to  loan  money  to  farmers  on 
the   amortization   plan. 

As  a  member  of  the  Rural  Credit  Commission  appointed  in  1913  under  the  Taft  administration,  Mr. 
Woodruff  visited  the  principal  European  countries,  later  assisting  in  the  drafting  of  the  Federal  Farm  Loan 

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Blank  &  StoUer,  N.  Y. 

HERMAN  WALDECK 

Herman  Waldeck,  vice-president  of  the  Continental  and  Commercial  National  Bank  of  Chicago,  was 
born    in    Germany,    November    ig,    1871,    and    educated  abroad. 

Attracted  by  the  opportunities  offered  in  the  United  States,  Mr.  Waldeck  came  to  America  in  1892. 
I  le  was  twenty-one  years  old  at  the  time.  Coming  to  Chicago  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  International 
Bank  of  Chicago  and  continued  with  that  institution  until  it  was  absorbed  by  the  Continental  National 
Bank  in  1898.  Progressing  from  a  clerkship  Mr.  Waldeck  was  advanced  to  positions  of  increasing  respon- 
sibility and  subsequent  to  the  consolidation  of  the  Continental  National  Bank  and  the  Commercial  Na- 
tional Bank  on  August  1,  igto,  Mr.  Waldeck  was  elected  vice-president.  The  consolidation  of  the  two 
last  mentioned  banks  created  one  of   the  largest  financial  institutions  in  the  country. 

Mr.  Waldeck  is  a  director  of  the  Continental  and  Commercial  National  Bank,  the  Continental  and  Com- 
mercial Securities  Corporation  and  the  Peoples  Trust  and  Savings  Bank.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Union 
League,  the  Attic  and  the  Mid-Day  Clubs. 

On  April  23,  1903,  Mr.  Waldeck  was  married  to  Gertrude  Schwab  of  Chicago.  His  business  address 
is  208   South   La    Salle   Street    and   his   residence   is   at  the   Drake   Hotel,   Chicago. 


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Matzene,  Chicago 

DIXON  C.  WILLIAMS 

President  of  a  corporation  that  has  factories  in  three  principal  cities  of  the  United  States,  contributor 
to  magazines  on  economic  topics;  lecturer  on  civic,  religious  and  economic  subjects,  personal  friend  of  the 
late  President  Wilson — these  attest  the  picturesque,  varied  and  uniformly  successful  career  of  Dixon  C. 
Williams,   president   of   the    Chicago    Nipple    Manufacturing  Company. 

Born  in  Yellville,  Arkansas,  May  3,  1859,  the  son  of  Dixon  C.  and  Martha  (Dillon)  Williams,  the 
subject  of  this  biography  was  educated  in  private  schools  and  at  Cumberland  University,  Lebanon,  Tennes- 
see. On  October  20,  1876 — he  was  then  seventeen  years  old — Mr.  Williams  was  married  to  Sallie  McKnight 
at  Woodbury,  Tennessee. 

On  leaving  Cumberland  University  in  1875,  Mr.  Williams  secured  a  position  as  teller  in  Motley's  Bank 
of  Lebanon,  where  he  remained  until  1878.  During  this  time  he  conducted  an  establishment  for  the  breed- 
ing of  trotting  horses  outside  of  Lebanon  and  his  colors  were  regularly  represented  at  County  Fairs  through- 
out the  state,  the  driving  being  in  the  hands  of  "Pop"  Geers,  who  subsequently  attained  national  prom- 
inence; and  a  warm  friendship  continued  between  Mr.  Williams  and  Mr.  Geers  until  the  latter's  recent 
death. 

In  1878  Mr.  Williams  left  Motley's  bank  to  accept  a  position  in  Brown's  Bank 
he  was  subsequently  promoted  to  the  position  of  cashier.  During  this  time  he  sold 
lishment  and  purchased  the  Lebanon  Register,  acting  as  editor  of  that  publication 
duties  at  the  bank.     He  was  also  elected  a  member  of  the  town  council. 

Later  Mr.  Williams  went  on  the  lecture  platforrn,  traveling  to  many  cities,  and  speaking  on  religious, 
economic  and  civic  topics.     He  also  accepted  the  presidency  of  Lester  Seminary.  Holden,   Missouri,  which 

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Mo'ffeti 
JOHN  A.  LYNCH 

John  A.  Lynch,  banker,  was  born  in  Chicago,  June  n,  1853.  son  of  Thomas  and  Ann  (Flanagan) 
Lynch.  His  father  was  a  native  of  Barntick,  County  Clare,  Ireland,  coming  to  Chicago  in  1845  when 
he  became  associated  with  the  Crosby  Distillery.  It  was  in  this  firm  that  John  A.  Lynch  received  his 
preliminary  business  education.  After  graduating  at  Dyrenforth  College  in  1869,  he  took  a  business  course 
at  Bryant  &•  Stratton  Business  College  and  the  day  after  he  received  his  diploma  he  entered  the  firm  of 
Thomas  Lynch  &  Company,  which  originally  had  been  the  Crosby  Distillery.  Shortly  after  the  name 
was  changed  to  H.    H.   Shufeldt   &   Company,  although  Thomas  Lynch  remained  the  senior  member. 

In  i8(ji  when  the  business  was  sold  to  Lyman  J.  Gage,  John  A.  Lynch  decided  to  enter  on  an  extended 
period  of  travel,  but  the  directors  of  the  National  Bank  of  the  Republic,  of  which  he  had  been  one  of  the 
organizers,  urged  him  to  participate  in  its  management,  and  less  than  six  months  after  the  bank  opened 
its  doors,  Mr.  Lynch  was  elected  president,  continuing  in  this  capacity  until  January  8,  1924,  when  he 
was  elected  chairman  of  the  board.  Under  his  administration  the  National  Hank  of  the  Republic  has 
developed  from  a  modest  institution  into  one  which  embraces  all  departments  of  banking  and  the  activities 
of  which  reach  the  four  quarters  of  the  globe.  The  qualities  which  especially  mark  his  administration 
are  clear  discernment,   sound   judgment,   conservative    policy   and   personal    integrity. 

Indicative  of  hi-  keen  sense  of  honor  and  loyalty  to  the  establishment  of  which  he  is  the  head  is  a 
tribute  which  appears  upon  the  official  minutes  and  records  of  the  bank,  paid  to  Mr.  Lynch  by  the  late 
William  T.  Fenton,  then  vice-president  of  the  bank  in  an  address  before  the  fifteenth  annual  meeting  of 
the  directors,  as   follows : 

"The    depth    of    mv    feeling    in    this    matter    has    led    me    to    speak    of    my   personal    debt    of   gratitude    to 

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CHARLES  FOSTER  GLORE 

One  of  the  leaders  in  investment  banking  in  Chicago  is  Charles  Foster  Glore,  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Marshall  Field,  Glore,  Ward  &  Company.  He  is  in  charge  of  the  Chicago  office  of  the  house,  which 
also  has  quarters  in  New  York.  As  such  he  has  become  identified  with  the  financing  operations  of  a 
large  number  of  Middle  West  corporations. 

Mr.  Glore  also  is  active  in  the  utility  field,  serving  as  a  vice-president  of  the  Illinois  Traction  Com- 
pany and  a  director  of  the  North  American  Light  &  Power  Company  and  Illinois  Power  &  Light  Corpora- 
tion. Industrially,  he  is  connected  as  a  director  of  the  Bucyrus  Company  of  South  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin. 
He  also  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  National  Bank  of  the  Republic  of  Chicago. 

Although  born  at  Eureka  Springs,  Arkansas,  November  16,  1887,  the  son  of  Charles  B.  and  Laura 
(MacAdams)  Glore,  his  education  was  attained  in  Chicago,  the  preliminary  tuition  being  obtained  at  the 
Lewis    Institute   while   the    University   of    Chicago    supplied  him  with  his  higher  education. 

Mr.  Glore  saw  active  service  abroad  during  the  World  War,  serving  as  major  of  infantry  attached 
to  the  general  staff  of  the  First  American  Army,  American  Expeditionary  Force. 

The  financial  ability  of  Mr.  Glore  is  recognized  by  his  appointments  as  chairman  of  the  finance  com- 
mittee of  the  United  Charities  of  Chicago  and  as  chairman  of  the  executive  committee,  region  seven,  Boy 
Scouts  of  America.  He  also  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Club,  Racquet  Club,  University  Club,  Glen  View 
Golf    Club,    Shore    Acres    Golf    Club    and    the    Attic,  all  of  Chicago. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Glore  and  Ellen  Josephine  Hixon  took  place  at  LaCrosse,  Wisconsin,  September  II, 
1915.  They  have  three  children,  Frances  Hixon  Glore,  Charles  Foster  Glore,  Jr.,  and  Robert  Hixon 
Glore.     He  lives   at   Evanston,   Illinois,   and  has   offices  at   120  West  Adams   Street,   Chicago. 


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Blank  £  St  oiler,  N.  Y. 

JOHN    FOSTER    GILCHRIST 

John  Foster  Gilchrist,  vice-president  of  the  Commonwealth  Edison  Company,  was  born  in  Chicago, 
March  14,  1868.  the-  son  of  James  M.  and  Mary  (Foster)  Gilchrist,  and  is  a  descendant,  on  both  his 
mother's  and  father's  sides,  of  early  American  stock,  among  his  family  being  Robert  Treat,  who  was 
6rsl  deputy  governor  and  later  governor  of  the  Colony  of  Connecticut;  General  Richard  Montgomery  of 
the  Revolution,  and  Samuel  Andrew,  one  of  the  founders  and  the  second  president  of  Yale  University. 
Mr.  Gilchrist's  father  was  one  of  Chicago's  pioneer  wholesale  grocers,  having  been  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
McKindley,  Gilchrist  and  Company. 

Educated  in  the  public  grammar  schools  and  at  Hyde  Park  High  School,  Mr.  Gilchrist  on  graduating 
from  the  latter  institution  secured  a  position  as  office  boy  in  The  Chicago  Edison  Company,  the  fore- 
runner of  the  present  Commonwealth  Edison  Company.  In  1894,  seven  years  later,  he  was  advanced  to 
the  position  of  assistant  manager  of  the  electricity  sales  department,  and  the  following  year,  to  complete 
his  education,  he  enrolled  in  the  Chicago  College  of  Law  (Law  Department  of  Lake  Forest  University), 
where  he  was  a  student  from  1895  to  1897,  inclusive,  attending  classes  at  night.  In  1896  Mr.  Gilchrist  was 
appointed  contract  agent  for  the  company,  and  in  the  ten  years  he  held  this  position  he  made  so  excellent 
a  record  that  in   1906  he  was  appointed  assistant  to  the  president. 

In  1914  Mr.  Gilchrist  was  elected  to  the  vice-presidency  and  the  administration  of  the  departments  of 
purchasing,    stores,    transportation    and    statistics. 

Concurrently  with  his  advancement  within  the  Commonwealth  Edison  Company,  Mr.  Gilchrist  entered 
upon  other  activities  in  connection  with  the  "Tnsull  Properties,"  one  of  the  largest  group  of  allied  con- 
cerns  in   the   public   utility   field.      At    present,    in   addition    to    being    vice-president    of    the    Commonwealth 

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JOHN  CLAY 

John  Clay  was  born  April  24,  1851,  at  Winfield,  in  the  County  of  Berwickshire,  Scotland,  about  seven 
miles  from  the  old  Border  Town  of  Berwick-on-Tweed.  His  father  and  grandfather,  also  John  Clays, 
were  farmers,  so  he  was  a  son  of  the  soil.  He  went  to  the  Parish  School  at  Whitsome,  two  miles  from 
his  birthplace,  then  to  Wellfield  Academy,  Duns;  spent  a  year  at  Abbey  Park,  St.  Andrews,  a  session  at 
the  University  of  Edinburgh.  Leaving  there  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  firm  of  corn  merchants  in  Leith,  the 
seaport  of  Edinburgh,  but  this  firm  retired  from  business  seven  months  after  he  went  with  them,  so  he 
landed  on  the  farm  before  he  was  seventeen  years  of  age  and  commenced  work  on  a  large  agricultural 
holding  called  Kerchesters,  near  to  Kelso,  Scotland,  which  his  father  had  moved  to  on  the  death  of  his 
grandfather  in  1866.  In  1874  he  made  a  trip  to  the  United  States  of  America  and  Canada,  returning  to 
Scotland.  In  January,  1879,  he  came  to  Bow  Park,  Ontario,  Canada,  as  manager  where  the  Canada 
West  Farm  Stock  Association  had  a  large  herd  of  Shorthorns,  flocks  of  Cotswold  and  Border  Leicester 
sheep  and  some  very  good  Clydesdale  horses.  In  1882  he  moved  to  Chicago  and  May  1,  1883,  opened  an 
office  at  no  Dearborn  Street,  the  firm  of  Clay  &  Forrest  having  been  organized  at  the  latter  date.  This 
firm,  on  account  of  the  illness  of  the  junior  partner,  was  dissolved  and  John  Clay  &  Company  took  its  place. 
The  firm  of  Clay,  Robinson  &  Company  was  organized  September,  1886.  This  firm  was  dissolved  Decem- 
ber 31,  1921,  and  was  merged,  with  its  large  live  stock  commission  organization  at  ten  stock  yards,  into 
John  Clay  &  Company. 

M,r.  Clay  has  had  a  busy  life  over  and  above  his  interest  and  work  in  the  above  firms,  who  conduct 
a  large  live  stock  loaning  business,  have  a  chain  of  banks  in  the  West,  a  live  stuck  commission  business 
handling    about    8,000,000    animals    per    year.      He    has  been  active  and  is  still  active  on  the  ranges  of  the 

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Blank-  d-  Stoller,  N.  Y. 

ROBERT  FRANKLIN  CARR 

Robert  Franklin  Carr,  president  of  the  Dearborn  Chemical  Company,  was  born  at  Argenta,  Macon 
County,  Illinois,  November  21,  1871,  the  son  of  Robert  Ferrier  Carr  and  Emily  Ann  (Smick)  Carr.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  at  Argenta,  the  Academy  of  the  University  of  Illinois  and  graduated  from  the 
University  of  Illinois   in    180.}   with   a   degree  of  bachelor  of  science. 

In  1894  Mr.  Carr  entered  the  employ  of  the  Dearborn  Chemical  Company  and  successively  became 
secretary  of    the   company,   vice-president   and   general  manager  and  in  1907  was  elected  president. 

In  Jul)',  1918,  Mr.  Carr  entered  the  government  service  and  was  commissioned  a  major  on  the  gen- 
eral staff  of  the  Purchase,  Storage  and  Traffic  Division,  under  General  Goethals,  and  was  assigned  to 
the  task  of  studying  business  problems  in  their  relation  to  war  utilization  and  of  standardizing  specifica- 
tions  for  general  army   commodities.     Mr.   Carr   served  in  this  capacity  until  January   1,   1919. 

Mr.  Carr's  professional  and  business  activities  are  largely  identified  with  the  history  of  the  Dearborn 
Chemical  Company,  which  was  established  as  the  Dearborn  Drug  and  Chemical  Works  in  1888,  six  years 
before  he  became  associated  with  the  organization.  The  business  was  founded  to  develop  the  scientific  cor- 
rection of  boiler  feed  waters.  Previous  to  the  organization  of  this  company  attempts  at  the  correction 
or  treatment  of  boiler  waters  had  been  along  uncertain  and  often  unsuccessful  lines,  because  all  waters 
were  treated  as  if  they  were  alike.  While  the  chemicals  used  for  one  water  might  make  it  more  desirable 
for  steam  making  purposes,  the  same  chemical  added  to  an  entirely  different  water  might  make  it  more 
undesirable  than  it  was  originally:  and  in  some  cases  the  wrong  reagents  were  added  to  the  water,  in- 
juriously affecting  the  metal  of  the  boilers.  The  plan  of  the  Dearborn  Company  was  to  make  careful 
mineral   analysis   of  each    troublesome    water    for    industrial     purposes,     thereby     definitely     determining     the 

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©Moffett 

WILLIAM  GRANT  BIERD 

From  a  bridge  gang  laborer  at  the  age  of  seventeen  to  the  presidency  of  the  Chicago  and  Alton  Rail- 
road is  the  record  of  William  Grant  Bierd. 

Mr.  Bierd  is  also  president  of  the  Kansas  City,  St.  Louis  and  Chicago  Railroad,  president  of  the  Louis- 
iana and  Missouri  River  Railroad,  and  a  director  of  the  Joliet  and  Chicago  Railroad,  as  well  as  being  a 
director  of  the  three  other  roads  mentioned. 

Born  at  Baltimore,  Maryland,  May  24,  1864,  the  son  of  Obediah  A.  and  Mary  Belinda  (Morgan) 
Bierd,  the  subject  of  this  biography  attended  public  schools,  and  then,  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  became  a 
bridge  gang  laborer  for  the  Chicago  and   North   Western  Railroad. 

Five  years  later  he  was  appointed  overseer  of  construction  for  the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy 
Railroad.  Subsequently  he  was  yardmaster  for  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  at  Cheyenne,  Wyoming,  and 
trainmaster  for  the  Norfolk  and  Western  at  Roanoke,  Virginia.  Leaving  the  latter  railroad,  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Lehigh  Valley  at  Buffalo  and  remained  there  until  igo2. 

From  1902  to  1904  he  was  trainmaster  and  division  superintendent  of  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and 
Pacific  Railroad,  and  in  1904  and  1905  he  was  assistant  general  manager  of  the  same  road.  In  1905  and 
1907  he  was  general  superintendent  and  general  manager  for  the  Panama  Railway  and  Steamship  Company 
at  Colon,  Panama,  and  from  1907  to  1909  he  was  general  superintendent  of  the  New  York.  New  Haven  and 
Hartford.  In  1910  he  was  elected  vice-president  and  general  manager  of  the  Minneapolis  and  St.  Louis 
Railroad,  continuing  there  until   1914,  when  he  was  elected  president  of  the  Chicago  and  Alton. 

Mr.  Bierd  is  a  member  of   the   Chicago   Club,   and  the  Chicago  Golf  Club  at  Wheaton,  Illinois. 

On  February  25,   1891,   he  was  married  to   Maude  Isabel   Chapman  at   Fulton,   Illinois. 

His  business  address  is  340  West  Harrison  Street,  and  his  residence  is  2258  Lincoln  Park,  West,  Chicago. 


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ROBERT  C.  SCHAFFNER 

Robert  C.  Schaffner,  vice-president  of  the  investment  banking  and  commercial  paper  firm  of 
A.  G.  Becker  and  Company,  was  born  at  Chicago,  July  6,  187b,  the  son  of  Herman  and  Rachel 
M.  Schaffner.     He  attended  the  Chicago  public  schools  and  the  South  Side  Academy. 

Mr.  Schaffner  is  a  director  of  the  Goodyear  Tire  and  Rubber  Company,  the  Hupp  Motor 
Car  Corporation,  the  Pressed  Steel  Car  Company,  the  Hammermill  Paper  Company,  Penick  and 
Ford,  Stern  Brothers,  the  United  States  Foreign  Corporation,  the  Interstate  Iron  and  Steel  Com- 
pany   and    the    Brunswick-Balke-Collender    Company. 

Club  memberships  include:  The  Mid-Day  Club,  the  Standard  Club,  the  Down  Town  Club, 
the  City  Club,  the  Lake  Shore  Country  Club  and  the  City  Mid-Day  Club  of  New  York. 

On  October  18,  1901,  he  was  married  to  Frances  Stettauer  at  Chicago.  There  is  one  daugh- 
ter, Katherine  F.  Schaffner. 

Mr.  Schaffner's  office  is  at  137  South  La  Salle  Street,  Chicago;  his  residence  is  Highland 
Park,   Illinois.  . 


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Chambers  Studio,  Chicago 

HENRY  TYSON  HOLTZ 

Henry  Tyson  Holtz,  president  of  the  investment  banking  firm  of  H.  T.  Holtz  and  Company,  was  born 
at  Baltimore,  Maryland,  October  21,  1865,  the  son  of  David  and  Martha  Watkins  (McCauley)  Holtz.  He 
attended  public  schools  of  Baltimore  and  received  his  A.B.  degree  from  New  Windsor  College,  New  Wind- 
sor, Maryland. 

Leaving  school  Mr.  Holtz  entered  the  employ  of  the  Erie  Railroad  as  an  apprentice  in  the  machine 
shops,  his  idea  being  to  become  a  mechanical  engineer.  Later  he  studied  stenography  and  obtained  the  ap- 
pointment of   secretary  to  the   chief  engineer  of   the    Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad. 

An  opportunity  arising  for  him  to  go  to  Washington  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  Civil  Service 
Commission,  Mr.  Holtz  left  the  employ  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  and  in  his  new  position  organized  the 
postal   and   customs   service   under   United    States   civil   service  rules. 

Subsequently  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  New  York  Life  Insurance  Company  at  New  York,  was  ap- 
pointed assistant  comptroller  and  organized  that  department.  In  1898  he  was  appointed  executive  head  of 
the  company  for  the  Central  West  with  headquarters  at  Chicago,  and  on  June  1,  1907,  he  founded  the 
firm  of  H.  T.  Holtz  and  Company. 

On  October  11,  1887,  Mr.  Holtz  was  married  to  Cora  Anders  at  Union  Bridge,  Maryland.  There  are 
four  sons.  Malcolm,  Irwin,  Harold  and  Raymond.  His  business  address  is  39  South  La  Salle  Street,  Chi- 
cago, and  his  residence  is   1026  Forest  Avenue,  Evanston,  Illinois. 


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WILLIAM  JOHN  JACKSON 
President   of   the   Chicago   and   Eastern   Illinois  Railway   Company,   Chicago,  Illinois 

Prominent  among  the  leading  citizens  of  the  State  of  Illinois  and  identified  with  important  railroads, 
the  subject  of  this  biography  may  be  truly  termed  a  successful  man.  He  has  practically  devoted  his  life 
to  the  necessities  of  a  railroad,  and  his  influence  in  the  territory  where  he  has  labored  has  always  been 
exerted  for  the  best  interests  of  his  superiors  in  office.  By  his  strict  adherence  to  duty,  he  has  be- 
come   one    of    the    recognized    authorities    of    the    railroad  of   the  present   day. 

William  John  Jackson  was  born  December  28,  1859,  at  Toronto,  Canada.  His  father,  John,  a  hard- 
ware   merchant,    his    mother,    Jane    Jackson.     The    paternal  ancestors  were  Scotch,  the  maternal  were  Irish. 

His  education  was  obtained  in  the  grammar  and  the  normal  schools  of  Toronto.  His  first  occupa- 
tion was  as  an  engine  wiper  and  machinist's  helper,  on  the  Grand  Trunk  Railroad  at  Toronto.  From 
that  time  his  positions  have  been  as  follows:  He  entered  railway  service  November,  1877,  since  which  he 
has  been  consecutively  to  May,  1876,  machinists  helper,  Grand  Trunk  Railroad  shops,  Toronto,  Ontario; 
May,  1878,  to  December,  1881,  freight  clerk,  same  road  at  Toronto;  January,  1882,  to  August,  1885,  chief 
claim  clerk,  Chicago  and  Grand  Trunk  Railway,  at  Chicago ;  August,  1885,  to  November,  1890,  general 
freight  foreman,  same  road,  at  Chicago;  November,  1890,  to  August.  1891,  assistant  agent,  same  road,  at 
Chicago;  August,  1891,  to  January,  1893,  assistant  local  freight  agent,  Chicago  and  Eastern  Illinois  Rail- 
road at  Chicago;  January,  1893,  to  July  5,  1899,  local  agent,  same  road,  same  place;  July  5,  1899,  to  Feb- 
ruary 1,  1903,  assistant  general  superintendent,  same  road;  February  1,  1903,  to  November  15,  1906,  gen- 
eral superintendent,  same  road:  November  15,  1906,  to  December  3,  1909.  general  manager,  same  road;  De- 
cember 3.  1909,  to  July  22.   1911,  vice-president  and  general    manager,    Chicago    and    Eastern    Illinois    and 

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ANDREW  JEROME   MALONEY 

Andrew  Jerome  Maloney,  vice-president  of  the  Chicago,  Wilmington  and  Franklin  Coal  Company,  was 
born  at  Rappahannock,  Schuylkill  County,  Pennsylvania,  February  12,  1884,  the  son  of  Patrick  W.  and 
Mary  Agnes  Maloney.  Before  her  marriage  his  mother's  name  was  the  same  as  his  father's  but  there  was 
no  blood  relationship  between  the  two  families. 

Mr.   Maloney   was   educated   in   the   public    schools  and  at  Temple  University,   Philadelphia. 

He  is  a  director  of  the  Benton  Coal  Mining  Company  and  the   C.   W.  &   F.   Mining  Company. 

His  club  memberships  include  the  Union  League  Club  of  Chicago;  Bob  O'Link  Golf  Club,  Highland 
Park ;  the  Knollwood  Club,  Lake  Forest,  and  the  Franklin  County  Country  Club,  West  Frankfort,  Illinois. 

On  September  25,  191 5,  Mr.  Maloney  was  married  to  Caroline  Frances  Breider  at  Chicago.  There 
are   four    children,    Mary    Louise,    Andrew   Jerome,    Jr.,    Celeste  Elizabeth  and  Marjorie   Carol. 

His  business  address  is  332  South  Michigan  Avenue,  Chicago,  and  his  residence  is  535  Warwick  Road, 
Kenilworth,    Illinois. 


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©Harris  d-  Ewing 

JOHN   WILLIAM   O'LEARY 

John  William  O'Leary,  Chicago  banker  and  manufacturer,  is  a  native  of  the  city.  He  was  born  in 
1875,  and  has  always  lived  in  Chicago.  The  development  of  the  city  and  especially  of  its  business  and 
altruistic  activities  has  been  to  Mr.  O'Leary  a  matter  of  interest  and  of  personal  concern. 

This  is  reflected  in  three  of  his  present  major  connections.  He  has  been  since  1919  first  vice-president 
of  Chicago  Trust  Company.  His  service  in  this  position  has  been  characterized  by  an  unusual  capacity 
for  sound  judgment  of  financial  conditions  and  by  marked  ability  in  matters  of  business  organization  and 
reorganization.  His  connection  with  the  banking  field  dates  prior  to  the  beginning  of  the  deflation  period 
that   followed  the   World  War. 

Another  leading  connection  is  that  of  president  of  the  Arthur  J.  O'Leary  and  Son  Company,  manu- 
facturers of  iron  and  steel  products.  With  this  company  he  began  in  1899  as  mechanical  engineer,  follow- 
ing his  graduation  in  1899  from  Cornell  University.  He  had  previously  been  graduated  from  Armour  In- 
-titute  of  Technology.  Mr.  O'Leary's  experience  and  leadership  in  the  field  of  industrial  management  has 
brought  him  wide  reputation  as  a  manufacturer.  In  1918  and  1919  he  was  president  of  the  National 
Metal  Trades  Association. 

A  third  characteristic  connection  has  been  his  identification  with  the  organized  business  of  the  com- 
munity as  represented  in  the  Chicago  Association  cf  Commerce.  With  a  background  of  many  years'  serv- 
ice for  this  organization,  Mr.  O'Leary  was  in  1916  chosen  president.  He  organized  the  Chicago  Prepared- 
ness Parade  which  for  magnitude  and  enthusiasm  established  a  record  that  has  not  been  surpassed.  By 
this  and  other  methods  he  succeeded  in  making  vivid  and  concrete  a  latent  but  well  recognized  sentiment 
favorable  to  universal  participation  in  the  World   War.      He    continued    a    second   term    in    the    presidency   of 

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©Underwood  d-  Underwood  Studios,  N.  Y. 

HENRY   AUGUSTUS    BLAIR 

The  man  most  instrumental  in  placing  the  Chicago  transportation  systems  on  a  sound  basis  and  mak- 
ing the  services  among  the  best  in  the  country  is  Henry  A.  Blair,  president  of  the  Chicago  Surface  Lines, 
and  active   in   other  public  utilities   in   Northern   Illinois. 

To  Mr.  Blair  much  credit  is  due  for  the  consolidation  of  the  elevated  roads  of  Chicago  in  191 1  under 
the  Chicago  Elevated  Railways  Collateral  Trust,  of  which  he  served  as  trustee.  At  present  his  efforts  are 
being  devoted  to  the  development  of  the  surface  lines.  He  also  is  president  of  the  Chicago  Railways  Com- 
pany. 

Before  Mr.  Blair  entered  the  utility  field  he  won  a  name  for  himself  in  banking.  His  first  position 
was  in  the  Merchants  National  Bank  of  Chicago,  founded  by  his  father.  He  became  vice-president  and 
continued  in  that  position  until  1902  when  the  bank  was  consolidated  with  the  Corn  Exchange  National 
Bank.     He  is  a  vice-president  of  the   Illinois   Merchants  Trust  Company. 

Mr.  Blair  also  is  active  in  the  field  of  electricity,  being  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the 
Commonwealth  Edison  Company  and  of  the  Public  Service  Company  of  Northern  Illinois.  He  also  is  a 
director  of  the   Elgin   National   Watch   Company. 

Michigan  City,  Indiana,  is  the  birthplace  of  Mr.  Blair,  he  being  born  there  in  July,  1852,  the  son 
of  Chauncey  Bucklev  and  Carline  O.  (De  Groff)  Blair.  He  was  educated  at  Williston  Seminary,  East- 
hampton,  Massachusetts.  He  married  Grace  E.  Pearce  of  Chicago,  February  19,  1878.  Clubs  to  which 
he  belongs  include  the  Chicago,  Union  League.  Caxton,  Chicago  Golf,  South  Shore  Country,  Onwentsia, 
Saddle  and  Cycle,  Old  Elm,  Racquet  and  Shoreacres.  His  home  is  at  2735  Prairie  Avenue,  Chicago,  and 
his  office  at  2?i   South  La  Salle  Street,  Chicago. 


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LOUIS    ECKSTEIN  AND  RAVIXIA 

In  these  days  of  specialization  and  of  unremitting  concentration,  it  one  would  achieve  be- 
yond the  average  of  his  fellows,  rare,  indeed,  is  the  man  whose  commercial  activities  have  made  his 
name  almost  a  by-word  in  the  realm  of  American  business,  and,  at  the  same  time,  whose  artistic  at- 
tainments have  made  that  name  equally  familiar  to  all  who  possess  any  knowledge  of  the  art  with 
which  he  concerns  himself.  Yet  such  a  man  is  Louis  Eckstein.  Mention  any  one  of  several  large 
linns  and  corporations  of  widely  varying  interest-;,  and  the  name  of  Louis  Eckstein  comes  at  once 
to  mind.  And  if  one  but  speaks  of  Ravinia  Opera,  the  same  is  true;  for  this  busy  Chicago  busi- 
ness man  and  the  world-famous  musical  institution  fostered  by  him  are  one  and  inseparable.  Ravinia 
is  his  one  and  only  hobby,  the  plaything  which  for  him  adds  hours  every  day  to  the  average  working 
schedule  of  the  business  man,  that  causes  him  months  of  worry  and  anxiety  every  year  and  that 
places  him  annually  beneath  a  financial  burden   that  is  staggering. 

Business  to  Louis  Eckstein  is  not  the  most  important  thing  in  life,  perhaps  for  the  reason  that 
it  is  habitual,  intuitive,  if  you  will,  a  purely  natural  thing  much  like  eating  or  sleeping.  This 
is  because  he  has  systematized  it  and  reduced  it  to  such  an  exact  science  that  his  business  activity 
becomes  almost  reflex.  Mr.  Eckstein  began  his  business  career  as  a  railroad  man  and  as  general 
passenger  agent  of  the  Wisconsin  Central  Railroad  he  procured  marked  results  by  applying  the  prin- 
ciples of  merchandising  to  the  selling  of  transportation.  But  his  vision  extended  beyond  the  rail- 
roads and  he  embarked  upon  a  career  which  has  been  as  broad  as  it  has  been  diverse.  To-day  he 
can  best  be  called  a  capitalist,  for  his  business  connections  are  too  extensive  to  permit  of  being  cata- 
logued in  a  sketch. 

Hut  business  forms  only  a  part  of  Mr.  Eckstein's  career.  His  great  concern,  his  passion,  his 
all  consuming  interest,  is  Ravinia  Opera,  which  under  his  direction  has  grown  and  developed  both 
physically  and  artistically  until  to-day  Ravinia  ranks  as  one  of  the  three  great  opera  houses  of 
America,  which  means  that  it  is  one  of  the  great  opera  houses  of  the  world.  Year  by  year  thou- 
sands flock  to  Ravinia  where  for  a  ten  weeks'  season  during  the  summer  months,  when  musical 
activity  is  virtually  at  a  standstill  elsewhere,  the  greatest  operatic  stars  of  the  world  are  heard  in  an 
extensive   repertoire  of  works  representative  of  the  best  of  the  Italian,  French  and  German  schools. 

The  history  of  Ravinia  (  )pera  reads  almost  like  a  fairy  tale,  and  to  continue  the  simile,  Ravinia 
conies  near  being  like  fairyland.  No  more  perfect  surroundings  for  the  presentation  of  sublime 
artistn  could  be  imagined,  and  there  are  thousands  who  willingly  testily  that  thev  never  ap- 
preciated opera,  or  at  least  never  realized  its  limitless  beauties,  until  they  heard  it  sung  at  Ravinia 
on  a  beautiful  summer's  night  with  the  moon  looking  down  in  silver  serenity  on  a  magnificent  gar- 
den, wooded  naturally  and  made  all  the  more  beautiful  by  winding  walks,  fountains  and  flower 
beds.  Ravinia  has  been  called  the  Bayreuth  of  America,  and  with  good  reason,  yet  call  it  what 
you  will,  the  fact  remains  there  is  only  one  Ravinia  and  there  is  nothing  in  its  particular  field  that 
can  compare  with  it. 

Ravinia  originally  belonged  to  the  old  Chicago  and  Milwaukee  Electric  line,  and  was  de- 
signed as  an  amusement  park.  However,  the  project  failed  and  it  passed  into  the  hands  of  a 
receiver.  It  was  ultimately  purchased  by  a  group  of  men  interested  in  the  betterment  of  the  North 
Shore  community,  and  Mr.  Eckstein  was  one  of  this  coterie.  Eor  several  seasons  Ravinia  was  the 
scene  of  orchestral  concerts,  but  Mr.  Eckstein,  in  whose  being  the  love  of  music  was  dominant, 
determined  that  Ravinia  should  serve  a  larger  function.  His  ideal  was  grand  opera  —  opera 
presented  upon  a  lavish  scale  and  introducing  the  greatest  artists,  and  yet  kept  within  reach 
ol  the  masses  by  modest  admission  fees.  Quick  to  make  decisions  and  willing  to  make  any  sacri- 
fice for  what  he  believes  to  be  worthwhile,  Mr.  Eckstein  plunged  into  what  is  now  known  as  the 
"Ravinia  idea." 

The  nucleus  of  his  first  opera  company  was  assembled,  a  repertoire  was  outlined,  the  Chicago 
Symphony  Orchestra  engaged,  and  Ravinia  began  its  first  season.  At  that  time  Mr.  Eckstein 
founded  a  definite  policy  and  this  was:  "To  make  each  succeeding  season  at  Ravinia  better  than 
the  one  which  has  preceded  it."  This  policy,  Ravinia  patrons  will  testify,  has  been  maintained  to 
the  letter  throughout  the  years.  There  have  been  seasons,  notably  within  the  last  four  years, 
when  it  has  seemed  almost  beyond  human  possibility  to  live  up  to  this  idealistic  motto,  by  reason  of 
the  fact  that  Ravinia  hail  arrived  at  a  degree  of  perfection  which  challenged  betterment.  But  Mr. 
Eckstein  has  always  found  a  way  and   the   Ravinia  seasons  have  become  more  and  more  brilliant. 

To  examine  the  roster  of  artists  who  have  appeared  at  Ravinia  is  to  read  the  honor  roll  of 
the  greatest   names  associated   with   modern   operatic    presentation.      From    the    most    noted    of    the 

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WILLIAM  HENRY  BRITIGAN 
ILLIAM  Henry  Britigan,  real  estate  subdivider,  was  born  at  St.  Marys, 
Ohio,  December  9th,  1881.  He  is  the  son  of  Albert  and  Sarah  A.  Britigan, 
and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  Union  Christian 
College,  Merom,  Indiana,  and  Valparaiso  University,  Valparaiso,  Indiana. 
He  was  married  on  May  2,  1902,  to  Miss  Mary  P.  Sibley,  of  Valley 
Falls,  Rhode  Island.  They  have  four  children :  Herbert  Dana,  Katherine  Alice,  Wol- 
stan  Dixey,  and  William  Henry,  Jr. 

Early  in  his  business  career,  Mr.  Britigan  manifested  interest  in  publicity  and 
salesmanship,  and  was  employed  in  the  advertising  and  sales  department  of  the  Na- 
tional Cash  Register  Company,  Dayton,  Ohio,  from  1899  to  1901.  For  two  years 
succeeding  he  was  connected  with  the  Library  Bureau,  Boston,  in  similar  capacities. 
From  1904  to  1907,  he  was  educational  director,  West  Side  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  New  York, 
and  while  there  began  a  systematic  study  of  real  estate  problems  and  realty  invest- 
ments. He  has  the  distinction  of  having  organized  the  first  real  estate  class  in  this 
country.  It  was  composed  of  250  members,  many  of  whom  were  the  leading  real  es- 
tate men  of  New  York. 

His  keen  insight  into  real  estate  matters  attracted  the  attention  of  the  Metro- 
politan Life  Insurance  Company,  New  York,  and  he  was  offered  a  position  as  assist- 
ant to  the  comptroller  which  he  filled  with  satisfaction  for  two  years,  1908-09,  leav- 
ing this  position  to  accept  the  general  managership  for  Joseph  P.  Day,  prominent  real 
estate  operator  and  auctioneer  in  New  York  City,  which  he  held  for  five  years.  In 
1 9 14,  he  went  to  Chicago,  having  been  engaged  by  the  Assets  Realization  Company 
to  sell  a  subdivision,  which  he  later  named  Marquette  Manor,  an  undertaking  which 
had  been  tried  in  vain  by  other  real  estate  operators. 

It  was  while  engaged  in  this  work  that  the  exceptional  abilities  of  Mr.  Britigan 
attracted  considerable  attention  in  Chicago.  His  methods  were  full  of  energy,  intelli- 
gent direction  and  enthusiasm.  A  perfect  sales  force  was  organized,  and  by  judicious 
advertising  the  enterprise  was  soon  brought  to  the  attention  of  investors,  and  in  a  few 
months  the  property  amounting  to  450  acres  was  completely  sold,  thus  establishing  a 
new  record  at  that  time  in  subdivision  operations  in  Chicago. 

Up  to  this  day,  Mr.  Britigan's  Marquette  Manor  campaign  is  considered  the 
most  satisfactory  to  investors  of  all  subdivision  enterprises  ever  conducted  in  Chicago. 

It  was  during  the  Marquette  Manor  campaign  that  Mr.  Britigan  made  a  care- 
ful study  of  Chicago's  opportunities  for  realty  enterprises,  such  as  were  his  specialty. 
The  vista  that  opened  up  before  him  determined  his  future  course  of  action.  He  saw 
a  great  city,  advantageously  located  at  a  point  where  the  extensive  ore-producing 
regions  of  the  north  met  the  fertile  agricultural  sections  of  the  west  and  the  cotton 
growing  states  of  the  south,  and  where  the  populous  and  prosperous  manufacturing 
districts  of  the  east  could  be  reached  within  twenty-four  hours. 

"There  is  no  better  field  for  real  estate  operations,  and  hereafter  my  lot  will 
be  cast  with  Chicago.  What  is  more,  I  am  going  in  business  for  myself,"  he  told  his 
friends. 

The  name  of  William  H.  Britigan  has  since  been  conspicuous  in  Chicago  realty 
activities.  Over  eighty  subdivisions  have  been  placed  on  the  market  by  the  Britigan 
Organization  up  to  January  1,  1925,  and  arrangements  are  being  made  for  others 
this  season. 

To  Mr.  Britigan's  credit  it  should  be  stated  that  the  methods  pursued  to  effect 
these  sales  have  won  general  public  approval.  In  fact,  it  has  become  an  axiom  in 
Chicago  that  "if  you  buy  from  Britigan  you  need  not  worry  about  your  investment." 

We  frequently  hear  of  great  realty  accomplishments  during  booms.  When  the 
investing  public  is  buying  real  estate  in  preference  to  stocks  and  bonds  it  is  not  difficult 
to  effect  large  sales,  but  it  is  the  man  who  can  make  records  in  realty  transactions  in 
days  of  depression  as  well  as  in  days  of  prosperity  who  should  receive  the  palm.  And 


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this  is  exactly  what  Mr.  Britigan  has  accomplished  during  the  last  ten  years  in 
Chicago.  Never  in  the  history  of  the  city  has  a  more  commendable  record  been  es- 
tablished. 

William  I  I.  Britigan  never  plans  his  subdivision  activities  with  real  estate  booms 
as  an  allurement.  In  fact,  he  does  not  depend  upon  spasmodic  desires  on  the  part  of 
the  people  to  make  fortunes  in  realty  investments;  he  knows  there  will  always  be  a 
demand  tor  meritorious  building  lots,  and  it  is  to  this  permanent  demand  that  he 
directs  his  business. 

Chicago  never  had  an  organized  system  of  conducting  subdivision  campaigns 
prior  to  Mr.  Britigan's  arrival  in  the  city.  Formerly  it  was  a  haphazard  undertak- 
ing, while  to-day  it  is  highly  specialized. 

The  Britigan  sales  force  is  regarded  as  the  most  perfect  real  estate  organization 
in  America.  Every  man  is  an  enthusiast.  He  is  also  a  gentleman  who  always  keeps 
the  Golden  Rule  in  business  as  a  motto  for  guidance.  No  exaggeration  is  ever  in- 
dulged in;  no  misleading  statements  are  made  to  induce  lot  sales.  Mr.  Britigan  de- 
sires every  salesman  to  be  a  '"square  shooter." 

Mr.  Britigan  has  written  several  books,  among  which  are  "Practical  Real  Estate 
Methods,"  "Selling,"  and  "Ten  Sales  Principles."  He  is  a  member  of  the  Union 
League  Club,  Mid-Day  Club  and  South  Shore  Country  Club,  also  the  Chicago  Real 
Estate   Board,   and  the   Chicago  Association  of  Commerce. 


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JAMES  ORMEROD  HEYWORTH 

In  his  capacity  as  a  general  contractor  and  engineer,  James  Ormerod  Heyworth  has  executed 
government  contracts  for  jetties  at  Port  Arthur,  Texas,  and  Fernandino,  Florida;  has  elevated 
tracks  for  several  railways;  has  built  hydro-electric  plants — including  The  Great  Lakes  Power 
Company,  Limited,  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Ontario,  the  Olympic  Power  Company,  Port  Angeles, 
Washington,  and  hydro-electric  plants  at  Sturgeon  Falls,  Ontario,  and  Escanaba,  Michigan — has 
constructed  numerous  concrete  highways  for  various  states,  and,  during  the  war,  built  three  army 
cantonments  and  a  complete  hospital  unit. 

Born  at  Chicago,  June  12,  1866,  the  son  of  James  O.  and  Julia  F.  (Dimon)  Heyworth,  the 
subject  of  this  biography  took  his  degree  of  bachelor  of  arts  from  Yale  University  in  1888. 

In  1894  he  built  the  Coliseum  at  Chicago — the  scene  of  numerous  Republican  National  Con- 
ventions and  other  large  gatherings — and  from  1894  to  1896  was  president  of  the  Coliseum  Com- 
pany. From  1897  to  I9°3  he  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Christie,  Lowe  and  Heyworth.  Since 
1903  he  has  been  in  business  alone,  operating  under  the  name,  James  O.  Heyworth. 

A  partial  list  of  the  projects  executed  by  Mr.  Heyworth,  in  addition  to  those  already  men- 
tioned, include:  Track  elevations  for  the  Chicago  and  Junction  Railroad,  the  Western  Indiana 
Railroad,  the  Grand  Trunk  Railroad,  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad,  the  Chicago  Great  Western 
Railroad,  the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  Railroad  and  the  Pan  Handle  Railroad;  hydro- 
electric power  plants  for  the  Wisconsin  River  Power  Company,  Prairie  Du  Sac,  Wisconsin ;  the 
Marathon  Paper  Mills  Company,  Rothschild,  Wisconsin;  the  LaCrosse  Light  and  Power  Com- 
pany, Milwaukee,  Wisconsin ;  the  construction  of  the  North  Shore  Channel  and  the  Calumet-Sag 
Channel  for  the  Sanitary  District  of  Chicago;  concrete  road  work  on  the  Lincoln  Highway  and  the 
National  Highway  for  the  State  of  Illinois;  reinforced  concrete  viaducts  and  bridges  for  a  number 
of  railroads  and  municipalities. 

Projects  in  the  course  of  execution  at  the  present  time  include  concrete  highways  in  North 
Carolina,  the  Blanchard  Rapids  Hydro-Electric  Development,  Royalton,  Minnesota,  and  the  North 
Counties  Hydro-Electric  Development,  Dayton,  Illinois. 

In  addition  to  construction  work  carried  on  by  Mr.  Heyworth  during  the  war,  he  was  general 
manager  of  the  Wood  Ship  Division  of  the  Emergency  Fleet  Corporation,  Washington,  District  of 
Columbia. 

Mr.  Heyworth  is  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  the  Western  So- 
ciety of  Engineers,  the  Society  of  Naval  Architects  and  Marine  Engineers,  the  Chicago  Club,  the 
Casino  Club,  the  Chicago  Yacht  Club,  the  Coleman  Lake  Club,  the  Commercial  Club,  Grand 
Island  Lodge,  Old  Elm  Club,  Onwentsia  Club,  Shoreacres  Club,  the  University  Club  and  the 
Yale  Club  of  New  York. 

On  January  15,  1902,  Mr.  Heyworth  was  married  to  Martica  G.  Waterman  of  Southport, 
Connecticut.     There  are  two  children,  James  O.,  Jr.,  and  Frances  Dimon. 

His  business  address  is  606  South  Michigan  Avenue,  Chicago,  and  his  residence  is  Lake  Forest, 
Illinois. 


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Martin  H.  Sykes 

JAMES  EWING  BENNETT 

For  thirty  years  James  Ewing  Bennett  has  occupied  a  prominent  place  in  the  grain  trade  of  the  United 
States  and  for  a  long  time  he  has  been  an  important  figure  in  the  Chicago  Board  of  Trade.  He  gained  his 
business  start  in  Seattle,  Washington,  when,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one,  he  became  associated  with  the  West 
Seattle  Land  &  Improvement  Company.  Two  years  later  he  joined  the  firm  of  his  father,  Thomas  Bennett, 
and  in  1895  was  elected  to  membership  in  the  Board  of  Trade. 

To-day  James  E.  Bennett  &  Company  is  one  of  the  best  known  of  the  grain  business  and  stock  broker- 
age houses. 

Mr.  Bennett  was  born  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  April  3,  1871,  his  parents  being  Thomas  and  Jennie  E. 
(Ewing)  Bennett.  He  attended  St.  Louis  and  Chicago  public  schools,  graduating  from  the  Chicago  Manual 
Training  School  in  1890.  He  entered  Cornell  University  with  the  Class  of  1894,  but  left  after  one  year. 
Apparently  his  move  was  a  wise  one  because  he  has  achieved  marked  success  in  the  grain  and  stock  broker- 
age business.  He  is  head  of  the  firm  bearing  his  name,  which  has  a  large  leased  wire  system  reaching  some 
fifty  principal  towns  and  cities  in  the  agricultural  sections  of  the  United  States,  as  well  as  extending  from 
New  York  to  Denver  and  from  Winnipeg  to  New  Orleans.  The  firm  deals  in  grain,  cotton,  coffee,  sugar, 
stocks  and  bonds.  Tn  addition  to  handling  large  quantities  of  cash  grain  in  carlots  and  in  elevators,  James 
E.  Bennett  &  Company  does  probably  the  largest  carlot  receiving  business  of  any  firm  in  Chicago  with 
substantial  amounts  of  a  similar  business  handled  at  St.  Louis  and  Peoria.  Mr.  Bennett  is  a  member  of 
practically  every  important  security  or  commodity  exchange  in  the  country,  including  the  Chicago  Board 
of  Trade,  New   York  and   Chicago   Stock  Exchanges. 

Mr.  Bennett  married  Mary  M.  Dwyer  at  Grand   Rapids,   Michigan,   in   June,    1919,   and   now   has  three 

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Mat::  >i> 

NELSON    L.    BUCK 
One  of  the  executives   who   have   contributed   largely  to  the  success  of  the  Wm.  Wrigley  Jr.  Company 
is  Nelson  L.   Buck,  vice-president  in  charge  of  production.     Mr.    Buck   lias   spent  approximately  twenty-one 
years  in  the  chewing  gum  business. 

Born  in  Chicago.   December  2,   [882,  the  son  of  Orlando    J.    and    Lillian    Louise    (Brewer)     Buck.    Mr. 
Buck   attended    grammar   and    high    schools    in    Chicago  and  the   University  of   Chicago. 

Following  graduation    from   the   university   in    1904  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Zeno   Manufacturing 
npany,   chewing   gum    manufacturers, 
in  the  organizations  of   both   companies, 
pany  in   1921. 

Wrigley   Jr.     Company,    Limited,    Toronto,    Canada;    the    Central 
Bank  and  Trust  Company  of  Evanston  and  the  Evanston  Country 


later    acquired  by  Wm.   Wrigley  Jr.  Company.     Progressing  with- 
he   was   elected    a    vice-president    of   the    Wm.    Wrigley   Jr.    Com- 


if  the   Wm. 

,  the   Stale 


Mr.    Buck   is  a   director 

Manufacturing    Districl    Haul 
Club. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club  of  Chicago,  the  Illinois  Athletic  Club,  the  Evanston  Golf  Club, 
the  Central  Manufacturing  District  Club,  the  Art  Institute  of  Chicago,  the  Field  Museum  of  Natural  His- 
tory, the  Wausaukee  Club  and  the  Commonwealth  Club. 

On  March  [3,  iqoo.  at  Chicago.  Mr.  Buck  was  married  to  Rena  Alice  Hooper.  There  are  three  chil- 
dren,   Frances   Lillian    Buck,  Rena   Elizabeth    Buck   and  Caroline  Hooper  Buck. 

Ills  office  is  at  3535  South  Ashland  Avenue,  Chicago,  and  his  residence  is  at  235  Greenwood  Boule- 
vard, Evanston,   Illinois. 


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DeWITT  W.  BUCHANAN 

DeWitt  W.  Buchanan,  president  of  the  Old  Ben  Coal  Corporation,  was  born  at  Chicago, 
May  16,  1876,  the  son  of  Milford  D.  and  Mary  S.  (Wheeler)  Buchanan.  He  attended  the 
Harvard  and  University  preparatory  schools  at  Chicago  and  took  his  degree  of  mechanical  en- 
gineer from  Purdue  University  in  1898. 

Mr.  Buchanan  entered  the  employ  of  the  engineering  department  of  the  Illinois  Central  Rail- 
road after  leaving  the  university  and  continued  there  until  1899,  when  he  resigned  to  enter  the 
coal  mining  business  in  the  employ  of  the  Wilmington  Star  Mining  Company,  subsequently  be- 
coming secretary-treasurer  of  the  Wilmington  Star  Mining  Company;  secretary-treasurer  of  the 
Ohio  Valley  Mining  Company;  president  of  the  Bituminous  Coal  Washing  Company;  president 
of  the  Coalfield  Company  and  upon  the  organization  of  Old  Ben  Coal  Corporation  became  its 
president. 

Mr.  Buchanan  is  a  member  of  the  Western  Society  of  Engineers,  the  American  Institute  of 
Mining  and  Metallurgical  Engineers,  the  Chicago  Athletic  Association,  the  Union  League  Club, 
the  Oconomowoc  Lake  Club,  Oconomowoc  Country  Club,  the  Flossmoor  Country  Club,  South 
Shore  Country  Club,  Knollwood  Club  and  a  member  of  other  engineering  and  social  organiza- 
tions,  and   a  director  of   the   National   Bank  of  the  Republic. 

On  April  12,  1905,  he  was  married  to  Grace  D.  Follansbee,  who  died  June  16,  1906.  In 
191 5,   he  was  married    to    Helen   Stoppenbach   and  has  two  children. 

His  office  is  at  230  South  Clark  Street,  Chicago,  and  his  residence  is  Lake  Forest,  Illinois. 


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FREDERICK  A.  BREWER 

Frederick  A.  Brewer,  head  of  the  investment  banking  firm  that  bears  his  name,  was  born  at  Warsaw, 
Indiana,  December  6,  1874,  the  son  of  Joseph  A.  and  Mary  (Hendee)  Brewer,  and  was  educated  in  the 
public  grammar  schools  and  at  Warsaw  High  School. 

Leaving  high  school  Mr.  Brewer  obtained  a  position  with  the  Royal  Trust  Company,  Chicago,  remain- 
ing there  for  some  time  and  leaving  to  accept  a  position  witli  the  American  Trust  and  Savings  Bank. 
Subsecpiently  the  American  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  was  taken  over  by  the  Continental  and  Commercial 
National  Bank.  Mr.  Brewer  left  the  former  institution  to  enter  the  employ  of  Marshall  Field  &  Com- 
pany, where  he  remained   for  several  years. 

Mr.  Brewer's  next  position  was  with  the  investment  banking  firm  of  H.  C.  Barroll  and  Company, 
which  later  became  the  firm  of  Clark  L.  Poole  and  Company.  Mr.  Brewer  was  admitted  to  partnership  in 
the   succeeding  organization. 

Still  later  Mr.  Brewer  organized  the  firm  of  F.  A.  Brewer  and  Company,  which  has  since  attained 
prominence  principally  through  the  distribution  of  investment  offerings  of  its  own  origination.  The  busi- 
ness of  this  house  i>  the  reorganization  and  expansion  of  commercial  industries,  an  example  of  which 
might  be  mentioned  the  firm  of  Bunte  Brothers,  of  Chicago,  one  of  the  largest  candy  manufacturers  in  the 
world. 

In  addition  to  heading  his  own  firm,  Mr.  Brewer  i^  a  director  of  Bunte  Brothers,  and  is  interested  in 
the  American  Candy  Company  and  Foote  Brothers  Gear  &  Machine  Company.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Union    League   Club   of    Chicago. 

On  April  20,  1018.  Mr.  Brewer  was  married  to  Isabelle  G.  Rutter  at  Warsaw,  Indiana.  There  is  one 
daughter,  Betty  Brewer.  His  business  address  is  208  South  La  Salle  Street,  and  his  residence  i<  at  5626 
Kenmore  Avenue.  Chicago. 


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Chambers 

FREDERIC  ARTHUR  BURTON 

Frederic  Arthur  Burton,  president  and  treasurer  of  the  Burton  Coal  Company,  president  of  the  Freeman 
Coal  Mining  Company,  president  of  the  Johnston  City  Washed  Coal  Company,  vice-president  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Randolph  County  Coal  Company,  was  born  at  Toronto,  Canada,  September  12,  1873,  the  son 
of   Arthur   and   Frances    (Johnston)    Burton. 

After  attending  high  school  at  Chatham,  Ontario,  Mr.  Burton  studied  law  for  two  years  and  for  ten 
years  was  a  court  reporter,  entering  the  coal  business  at  the  expiration  of  that  time,  where  he  has  since 
continued. 

Club  memberships  include :  The  Union  League  of  Chicago,  the  Chicago  Yacht  Club,  the  Lake  Shore 
Athletic  Club  and  the   Congressional   Country  Club  of   Washington. 

He  is  interested  in  a  racing  stable  of  approximately  twenty-five  horses,  that  include  the  famous  Wise 
Counsellor,  victor  over  Epinard  in  one  of  the  three  international  races  run  in  this  country  in  1924. 

On  October  2,  1907,  Mr.  Burton  was  married  to  Marjorie  Hair  at  Chicago.  There  is  one  son,  John 
Wilson  Burton. 

His  business  address  is  2051  McCormick   Building,  and  his  residence  is  554  Stratford  Place,  Chicago. 


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BENJAMIN   E.    BENSINGER 

Benjamin  E.  Bensinger,  president  of  the  Brunswick-Balke-Collender  Company,  manufacturers  of 
seventy-five  per  cent,  of  the  hilliard  and  pocket  billiard  tables  and  bowling  supplies  used  in  the  United 
States,  manufacturers  of  the  Brunswick  Phonograph  and  Radiola  combinations,  was  born  at  Louisville, 
Kentucky,  January  4,  1868.  the  son  of  Moses  and  Eleanor  (Brunswick)  Bensinger,  and  attended  Mosely 
Grammar   School.    South    Division   High   School   and    Bryant  and  Stratton  Business  College  of  Chicago. 

The  Brunswick-Balke-Collender  Company  was  founded  eighty  years  ago  when  John  M.  Brunswick, 
a  Swiss  cabinet  maker  who  had  come  to  Cincinnati,  decided  to  try  his  hand  at  the  manufacture  of  a  billiard 
table,  the  game  of  billiards  at  the  time  being  only  one  of  small  popularity.  A  purchaser  was  found  for  the 
table,  other  orders  came  in  and  within  a  few  years  J.  M.  Brunswick  was  devoting  his  time  exclusively  to 
the  manufacture  of  billiard  tables. 

The  growth  of  the  Brunswick-Balke-Collender  Company,  under  the  skillful  guidance  of  Mr.  Bensinger, 
his  father  and  grandfather,  is  best  attested  by  the  statement  that  the  annual  production  of  the  company 
now  requires  ivory  from  the  tusks  of  three  thousand  five  hundred  elephants,  an  entire  forest,  the  output  of 
a  quarry,  the  output  of  several  factories  and  the  labor  of  thousands  of  skilled  men.  The  company  main- 
tains factories  in  Chicago;  Muskegon,  Michigan;  Long  Island,  New  York ;  Hamburg,  Germany ;  Paris,  and 
Buenos  Aires,  and  branch  houses  in  the  important  cities  throughout  the  world.  And  from  the  manu- 
facture of  a  single  billiard  table  in  the  leisure  time  of  a  cabinet  maker,  billiards  and  its  allied  games  have 
grown  to  be  the  leaders  of  indoor  sports. 

An  interesting  sidelight  of  the  business  is  the  annual  promotion  of  an  international  billiard  tourna- 
ment to  determine  the  champion  of  the  world,  and   it  is  no  uncommon  thing  for  an  officer  of  the  company 

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JOHN  JAY  BRYANT,  JR. 

John  Jay  Bryant,  Jr.,  resident  partner  of  the  New  York  and  Chicago  Stock  Exchange  firm  of  Jas.  H. 
Oliphant  &  Company,  president  of  the  Chicago  Stock  Exchange,  was  born  at  Chicago,  December  9,  1875, 
the  son  of  John  Jay  and  Matilda  (Miller)  Bryant.  He  graduated  from  the  Riverside  Public  School  in 
1890,  attended  the  Harvard  School,  Chicago,  and  the  Staten  Island  Academy,  Clifton  Staten  Island,  in 
1890,  1891  and  1892;  attended  the  United  States  Naval  Academy  and  Cornell  University  from  1892  to 
1898,  and  graduated  from  Cornell  with  the  degree  of  bachelor  of   laws   in   the  last  named  year. 

In  1898  Mr.  Bryant  was  admitted  to  the  practice  of  law  in  New  York  and  the  following  year  in  Chi- 
cago. From  1898  to  1901  he  practiced  with  the  law  firm  of  Dupee,  Judah,  Willard  and  Wolf,  resigning 
to  become  manager  of  the  bond  department  of  Granger  Farwell  and  Company,  where  he  continued  for 
six  years.  In  1907  he  was  elected  secretary  of  the  Farwell  Trust  Company,  and  in  1909  he  resigned  to 
establish  the  Chicago  office  of  Jas.  H.  Oliphant  &  Company,  of  which  he  was  manager  until  1916  when  he 
was  admitted  to  partnership  in  the  firm. 

Mr.  Bryant  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  governors  of  the  Chicago  Stock  Exchange  and  since  1923 
he  has  been  governor  of  the  Chicago  Association  of  Stock  Exchange  Firms.  In  1923  and  1924  he  was 
chairman  of  the  board  of  that  organization.  He  is  a  director  of  the  H.  Channon  Company  and  the  Chicago 
Golf  Club,  and  vice-president,  a  director  and  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the  Advertisers  and 
Investors  Protective  Bureau.  During  the  war  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  Liberty  Loan  and  Red  Cross 
drives. 

Club  memberships  include  the  Chicago  Club,  the  Chicago  Golf  Club,  the  Racquet  Club,  the  Saddle 
and  Cycle  Club,  the  Chicago  Yacht  Club,  the  Attic ;    he    is    a    member    of    Sigma    Phi    Fraternity    and    the 

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CHARLES  JAMES  BRISTER 

Charles  James  Brister,  assistant  vice-president  of  the  New  York  Central  Lines,  was  born  at  Dayton, 
Ohio,  June  22,  1875,  the  son  of  James  Taylor  and  Mary  Eva  (Wood)  Brister,  and  attended  public  schools 
and   Wilt   Commercial   College   at    Dayton. 

On  January  I,  1892,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Big  Four  Railway  at  Cincinnati  and  continued  with 
that  organization  until  March  1,  1920, — twenty-eight  year-  and  two  months.  On  the  last  named  date  he 
was  appointed   assistant   vice-president  of   the  New   York  Central  Lines  with  headquarters  at  Chicago. 

Mr.  Brister  is  an  officer  of  the  following  corporations:  The  New  York  Central  Railroad  Company; 
the  West  Shore  Railroad  (New  York  Central  Railroad  Company  lessee):  the  Toledo  and  Ohio  Central 
Railway  (New  York  Central  Railroad  Company  lessee);  Zanesville  and  Western  Railway  (New  York 
Central  Railroad  Company  lessee);  Kanawha  and  Michigan  Railway  (New  York  Central  Railroad  Com- 
pany lessee);  the  Michigan  Central  Railroad  Company,  the  Cincinnati  Northern  Railroad  Company,  the 
Cleveland.  Cincinnati.  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  Railway  Company,  the  Peoria  and  Eastern  Railway  Company 
(operated  by  the  Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  Railway  Company);  the  Evansville,  In- 
dianapolis and  Terre  Haute  Railway  Company,  the  Pittsburgh  and  Lake  Krie  Railroad  Company,  the  In- 
diana Harbor  Belt  Railroad  Company,  the  Chicago  River  and  Indiana  Railroad  Company  and  the  Chicago 
Junction    Railway    (Chicago    River   and    Indiana    Railroad   Company  lessee). 

lie  is  a  director  of  the  Chicago  River  and  Indiana  Railroad  Company,  the  Peoria  and  Eastern  Rail- 
way, the  Joliet   and    Northern    Indiana    Railroad   and    the   Calumet   Western  Railway. 

Club  memberships  include  the  Chicago  Golf  Club,  Wheaton,  Illinois;  the  Mid-Day  Club;  the  Union 
League  Club,  and  the  Traffic  Club.  Mr.  Brister  is  also  a  member  of  the  Ohio  Society  of  New  York  and 
the   American    Association    of    Freight    Traffic   Officers. 

His  business  address  is  the  La  Salle  Street  Station  and  his  residence  is  the  Union  League  Club, 
Chicago. 


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REUBEN  GRIGSBY  CHANDLER 

Reuben  Grigsby  Chandler,  partner  in  Hulburd,  Warren  and  Chandler,  one  of  the  most  favorably  re- 
garded brokerage  houses  in  Chicago;  member  of  the  Chicago  Board  of  Trade  since  1879  and  president 
of  that  organization  in  1903,  was  born  at  Rockbridge  County,  Virginia,  December  16,  1852,  the  son  of 
Norbone  E.  and  Lucy  (Grigsby)  Chandler.  After  attending  private  schools  he  entered  Virginia  Military 
Institute  in  1869  and  was  graduated  in  1873. 

In  1875  Mr.  Chandler  came  to  Chicago  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  commission  firm  of  Rumsey  and 
Walker.  Five  years  later  he  formed  a  partnership  with  J.  Frank  Rumsey,  under  the  firm  name  of  Rumsey 
and  Chandler  and  the  firm  continued  a   substantial  commission   business   until    its   dissolution   in    1895. 

For  the  next  ten  years  Mr.  Chandler  conducted  an  independent  enterprise  in  the  grain  commission  busi- 
ness and  then  helped  in  the  organization  and  became  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Hulburd,  Warren  and 
Chandler,  which  has  earned  the  reputation  of  being  one  of  the  most  reliable  and  progressive  brokerage 
firms  in  the  United  States. 

In  addition  to  having  been  a  president  of  the  Chicago  Board  of  Trade,  Mr.  Chandler  has  served  in 
various    other    executive    capacities    for    that    organization. 

For  a  number  of  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Illinois  National  Guard,  being  the  organizer  of 
Company  K  of  the  First  Infantry  Regiment  and  serving  as  first  lieutenant. 

Mr.  Chandler  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Club,  the  Union  League  Club  and  the  Onwentsia  Club. 

On  November  28,  1883,  he  was  married  to  Virginia  Hamilton  of  Chicago,  who  died  November  7,  1894. 
There  are  three  children,  Virginia,  Ruby  and  Walter  Chandler. 

Mr.  Chandler's  business  address  is  208  South  La  Salle  Street,  Chicago. 


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Matzene 
R.   FLOYD  CLINCH 

R.  Floyd  Clinch,  one  of  Chicago's  largest  coal  operators  and  a  financial  leader  in  the  community,   was 

born  in   Georgia.   July   19.   1865,   the  son   of  Colonel   Duncan  L.  Clinch  of  the  Confederate  Army,  and  Susan 

\.    (Hopkins)    Clinch,    and    the    grandson    of    General  Duncan   L.   Clinch  who  fought  in  the  War  of   1812. 

Mr.  Clinch's  early  education  was  attained  in  private  schools  of  his  native  state  and  later  at  the  military 
academy  at  Cheltenham,   Pennsylvania. 

He  began  his  business  career  as  a  minor  employe  of  the  Joliet  Steel  Company  at  Chicago  in  1883,  and 
from  the  start  attracted  notice  for  his  unremitting  industry  and  his  ready  grasp  of  business  methods  and 
opportunities.  In  1889,  with  John  Crerar.  he  established  the  firm  of  Crerar  Clinch  &  Company,  since 
incorporated  as  the  Crerar  Clinch  Coal  Company,  now  one  of  the  largest  cord  operating  concerns  in  the 
state.  The  aggregate  capital  of  the  company  is  $2,300,000  and  the  annual  output  approximately  3,000,000 
tons.     Mr.  Clinch  is  now  president  of  the  firm. 

His  marked  executive  ability,  particularly  in  the  construction  and  reconstruction  of  business  enter- 
prises, has  resulted  in  a  demand  for  Mr.  Clinch's  services  in  activities  outside  his  immediate  business.  In 
addition  to  being  president  and  a  director  of  the  Crerar  Clinch  Coal  Company,  he  is  president  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  Safety  Vault  Company  of  Chicago,  which  owns  and  operates  a  thirteen-story  build- 
ing at  Washington  and  La  Salle  Streets;  president  of  the  Chicago  Auditorium  Association,  which  operates 
the  Auditorium  1  lotel.  Theater  and  Office  Building  at  Congress  Street,  Wabash  Avenue  and  Michigan  Boule 
vard  ;  president  of  the  Racine  Crushed  Stone  Company,  and  vice-president  of  the  Chicago  Rapid  Transit 
Company  and  the  Chicago,  North  Shore  &  Milwaukee  Railroad  Company,  the  latter  recently  reorganized 
largely  through    Mr.    Clinch's   personal    efforts.      Me   also    is    a    director   of    the    Central    Trust    Compan)    of 

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Blank  d-  Stoller,  N.  Y. 

GEORGE  RUSSELL  CARR 

George  Russell  Carr  of  Lake  Forest,  Illinois,  is  vice-president  and  general  manager  of  the  Dearborn 
Chemical  Company  at  310  South  Michigan  Avenue,  Chicago.  He  was  born  at  Argenta,  Illinois,  January  23, 
1877,  the  son  of  Dr.  Robert  F.  and  Emily  A.  (Smick)  Carr.  He  attended  Argenta  Public  School,  the 
Austin  High  School,  Chicago,  and  received  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  science  in  the  College  of  Chemistry 
from  the  University  of  Illinois. 

Mr.  Carr  is  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Locomotive  Firebox  Company,  a  director  of  the 
Sheffield  Car  and  Equipment  Company  of  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  and  a  director  of  the  Standard  Trust 
and  Savings  Bank,  Chicago. 

Club  memberships  include:  The  University  Club,  the  Racquet  Club,  the  Chicago  Athletic  Association, 
the   Onwentsia    Club,    Shoreacres    Club   and   the    Bohemian  Club  of  San  Francisco. 

On  July  15,  1913,  Mr.  Carr  was  married  to  Katherine  Mortenson,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jacob 
Mortenson  of  Oak  Park,  Illinois.  There  are  two  daughters,  Katherine  Mortenson  Carr  and  Martha  Rus- 
sell Carr. 


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Lewis-Smith 

PAUL  H.  DAVIS 

Paul  II.  Davis,  senior  partner  in  the  commission  brokerage  and  investment  securities  firm  of  Paul  H. 
Davis  and  Company,  members  of  tlie  New  York  and  Cbicago  stock  exchanges,  was  born  at  Crawfords- 
ville,  Indiana,  May  29,  1889,  the  son  of  Joseph  L.  and  Frances  (Hall)  Davis.  He  attended  James  Wads- 
worth  Grammar  School,  Hyde  Park  High  School, —  both  in  Chicago — and  was  awarded  the  degree  of 
bachelor  of  philosophy   (School  of  Commerce  and  Administration)    by   the   University   of   Chicago    in    191 1. 

After  leaving  school,  Mr.  Davis  entered  the  employ  of  the  Colonial  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  sub- 
sequently merged  with  the  Central  Trust  Company,  and  continued  there  until  iqij  when  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  investment  bankine  firm  of  John  Burnham  and  Company.  In  1916  he  resigned  from  John 
Burnham  and  Company  to  organize  the  firm  of  which   he  is  the  head. 

Mr.  Davis  is  a  director  of  the  Bendix  Corporation,  of  E.  S.  Evans  and  Company  and  the  Gill  Manu- 
facturing Company. 

He  was  active  in  the  Liberty  Loan,  Red  Cross  and  Armenian  Relief  drives,  and  a  member  of  Company 
1,   3d   Regiment,   Illinois    State    Militia,    during   the    World  War. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League  Club,  the  Chicago  Yacht  Club,  the  Quadrangle  Club,  the  Ad- 
venturers Club,  the  High  Noon  Club,  the  Prairie  Club,  the  Delta  Upsilon  Fraternity,  the  Chicago  Associa- 
tion of  Commerce,  the  Chicago  Radio  Traffic  Association  and  the  Oriental  Consistory  of  the  Masonic  Order. 

In  1913  he  was  married  to  Dorothy  Milford  at  Crawfordsville,  Indiana.  There  are  two  children,  Paul 
H.   Davis,  Jr.,  and  Patricia  Davis. 

His  business  address  is  39  South  La  Salle  Street   and  his  residence  is  5549  Woodlawn  Avenue,  Chicago. 


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EDWARD  J.  DOYLE 

Twenty-nine  years  with  one  company — from  office  boy  to  vice-president — is  the  record  of  Edward  J. 
Doyle,  vice-president  of  the  Commonwealth  Edison  Company  in  charge  of  finances,  securities  and  claims. 
Mr.  Doyle  is  also  treasurer  of  the  Chicago  and  Illinois  Midland  Railway,  vice-president  and  assistant 
treasurer  of  the  Commercial  National  Safe  Deposit  Company,  secretary  of  the  Walker  Vehicle  Company 
and  treasurer  of  the  Utility   Securities   Company. 

He  was  born  in  Chicago,  August  28,  1879,  the  son  of  Martin  and  Mary  (Corcoran)  Doyle.  At  the  age 
of  seventeen  and  after  attending  Chicago  schools,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  old  Chicago  Edison  Com- 
pany— -subsequently  merged  with  the  Commonwealth  Electric  Company  to  form  the  present  organization — 
as  an  office  boy.  While  in  this  position  he  studied  shorthand  and  subsequently  became  private  secretary  to 
Mr.  Samuel  Insull. 

In  1913,  while  private  secretary  to  Mr.  Insull,  he  was  given  the  additional  duties  of  the  post  of  assist- 
ant secretary  and  assistant  treasurer  of  the  Commonwealth  Edison  Company.  In  the  following  year  he 
was  elected  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  company  and  in   1924  he  was  elected  vice-president. 

Mr.  Doyle  is  a  director  of  the  Middle  West  Utilities  Company,  the  American  Public  Service  Company, 
the  Midland  Utilities  Company,  the  Chicago  and  Illinois  Midland  Railway,  the  Commercial  National  Safe 
Deposit    Company,    the    Walker   Vehicle    Company   and  the  Utility  Securities  Company. 

Club  memberships  include:  The  Attic,  the  Mid-Day  Club,  the  Illinois  Athletic  Club  and  the  Evanston 
Golf  Club. 

On  June  27,  1910,  he  was  married  to  Bertha  Katherine  Streff  at  Chicago.  There  are  three  children, 
Edward  J.   Doyle,   Jr.,   Rosemary  Katherine   and   Elizabeth  Jane  Doyle. 

His  office  is  at  72  West  Adams  Street,  and  his  residence  is  1635  Sherwin  Avenue,  Chicago. 


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BERNARD  A.  ECKHART 

Bernard  Albert  Eckhart  was  born  in  the  Province  of  Alsace,  France,  but  while  still  an  infant  was 
brought  to  the  United  States  by  his  parents,  Jacob  and  Eva  (Root)  Eckhart.  They  settled  in  Wisconsin 
and  the  public  schools  there  provided  the  preliminary  education  of  the  son,  which  was  completed  by  grad- 
uation  from  a   Milwaukee  college  in   1868. 

That  is  the  preface  to  a  career  of  one  of  the  imposing  figures  of  the  commercial  life  of  the  Middle 
West.  It  started  in  1N70  when  the  Eagle  Milling  Company  sent  a  B.  A.  Eckhart  to  represent  them  in 
Chicago.  Four  years  later  this  name  appeared  as  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  milling  firm  of  Eckhart 
&  Swan.  This  firm  has  by  steady  expansion  and  various  transformations  become  one  of  the  largest  in 
its  field.  It  was  reorganized  as  the  Eckhart  &  Swan  Milling  Company,  at  which  time  B.  A.  Eckhart  was 
elected  president,  which  position  he  still  holds  although  the  firm  is  now  the  B.  A.  Eckhart  Milling  Com- 
pany. Mr.  Eckhart  has  made  a  fortune  through  the  upbuilding  of  the  firm  he  started  but  he  has  gained 
recognition  as  an  astute  business  man  whose  counsel  is  valuable.  For  instance  he  serves  as  a  director  of 
the  Continental  and  Commercial  National  Banks,  the  Harris  Trust  &  Savings  Bank  and  the  Chicago  Title 
X-  Trust  Company,  in  the  financial  field.  In  business  life  he  is  on  the  directorate  of  Armour  &  Company, 
Montgomery  Ward  &  Company,  the  Erie  Railroad.  Chicago  &  Erie  Railroad  Company  and  the  Chicago, 
Terre  Haute  &  Southeastern  Railway  Company,  of  which  latter  concern  Mr.  Eckhart  likewise  is  president. 

In  the  domain  of  public  affairs  and  service.  Mr.  Eckhart  has  made  a  record  which  reflects  great 
honor  upon   his  name,   even   as  his  reputation   in   husiness  and  in  private  life  has  ever  been  inviolable. 

He  has  been  a  stalwart  and  effective  advocate  and  supporter  of  the  cause  of  the  Republican  party, 
and  has  been  influential  in  its  councils  in  the  state  of  his  adoption.    During  the  Presidential  campaign  of  1924, 

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Koehne 

MELVIN    LLOYD    EMERICH 

Melvin  Lloyd  Emerich,  president  of  the  investment  banking  firm  of  Ames,  Emerich  &  Company,  was 
born  at  Baltimore,  Maryland,  January  5,  1878,  the  son  of  Martin  and  Lena  (Straus)  Emerich,  and  attended 
public  schools  and   South  Division  High   School,   Chicago. 

In  1904  he  engaged  in  the  investment  banking  business  and  since  191 1  he  has  been  a  member  of  Ames, 
Emerich  &  Company. 

Mr.  Emerich  is  a  director  of  the  H.  W.  Gossard  Company,  the  Hartman  Corporation,  Alfred  Decker 
&  Cohn,  Incorporated;  Godchaux  Sugars,  Incorporated;  the  Cohn  -  Hall  -  Marx  Company;  the  Orthodox 
Jewish  Home  for  the  Aged,  and  the  Chicago  Home  for  Jewish  Orphans. 

Club  memberships  include:  The  City  Club,  the  Bond  Men's  Club,  the  Lake  Shore  Country  Club,  the 
Standard  Club,  the  Down  Town  Club,  the  Covenant  Club,  the  Idlewild  Country  Club,  the  Bankers  of 
America,  the  Attic  and  the  New  Orleans  Chess,  Checkers  and  Whist  Club. 

Mr.  Emerich  is  a  bachelor.  His  business  address  is  105  South  La  Salle  Street,  and  his  residence  is 
40  West  Schiller  Street,  Chicago. 


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Chambers  Studio,  Chicago 

HAROLD  E.  FOREMAN 
Harold   E.    Foreman   came    from   a    family  of   bankers  and  it  was  quite  natural  therefore  that  lie  should 
enter  that  profession   and   finally   rise  to  the  head  of  the  institution  which  his  ancestors  had  founded,  as  well 
as  to  one  of  Chicago's  hading  financial  figures. 

lie  is  incidentally  one  of  the  youngest  hank  presidents  in  the  United  States.  He  was  horn  August  30, 
t888,  at  Chicago,  son  of  Edwin  G.  and  Rose  (Kohn)  Foreman.  He  graduated  from  Dartmouth  College 
with   the  Class  of    [909  and   immediately  entered  the   banking  world. 

Mr.  Foreman  started  at  the  bottom  of  the  banking  business  and  learned  all  the  rudiments  of  money 
and  hanking  by  progressive  steps  through  the  various  positions  of  a  leading  metropolitan  hank.  His  in- 
troduction to  banking  came  immediately  upon  his  finishing  school  when  he  started  as  a  messenger  for 
the   Corn    Exchange    National    Bank,    which    position    he  held  for  eight  mouths. 

After  this  preliminary  work  he  was  started  with  the  Foreman  Banks  in  the  transit  department.  He 
traversed  all  the  steps  necessary  to  a  complete  financial  education.  He  worked  in  the  cages  as  assistant, 
then  teller,  then  became  a  statement  clerk  and  finally  was  given  a  title  of  assistant  cashier.  In  1922  he 
received  final  recognition  through  his  election  to  the  presidency  of  The  Foreman  National  Bank  and  The 
oreman   Trust    and   Savings    Bank,    which   have   resources   of   approximately   $80,000,000.      These   two   banks 

and  national  charters,  were  privately  owned,  hut  early  in  1925  stock 
iversubscribed,  which  was  indicative  of  the  high  mihlic  standing  of 
owed    by    the    election  of  a  number  of  Chicago's  leading  business  men  to 


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Lewis-Smith 

LEONARD  S.  FLORSHEIM 

Leonard  S.  Florsheim,  vice-president  of  the  Yellow  Manufacturing  Acceptance  Corporation;  treasurer 
of  the  Chicago  Motor  Coach  Company;  treasurer  of  the  Omnibus  Corporation  of  America;  president  of 
the  Transportation  Securities  Corporation,  was  born  at  Chicago,  July  12,  1879,  the  son  of  Simon  and 
Elizabeth  (Friesleben)  Florsheim.  He  was  educated  at  Mosely  School,  the  Armour  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology and  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology. 

Mr.  Florsheim  is  a  director  of  the  Independent  Pneumatic  Tool  Company,  the  Electrical  Research 
Laboratories,  the  New  York  Transportation  Company,  the  Yellow  Cab  Manufacturing  Company  and  the 
Chicago    Yellow    Cab    Company. 

Club  memberships  include :  The  Standard  Club,  the  Lake  Shore  Country  Club  and  the  Chicago  Riding 
Club. 

In  January,  1914,  he  was  married  to  Bertha  F.  Aberle  at  St.  Paul,  Minnesota.  There  are  two  sons, 
Leonard  S.,  Jr.,  and  Richard  A.  Florsheim. 

His  office  is  901  Illinois  Merchants  Bank  Building  and  his  residence  is  1507  North  State  Parkway,  Chi- 
cago. 


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MOSES   ERNEST  GREENEBAUM 

Moses  Ernest  Greenebanm  is  a  prominent  figure  in  Chicago's  banking  and  civic  affairs.  He  is  a 
recognized  financier  by  reason  of  being  president  of  the  Greenebanm  Sons  Bank  and  Trust  Company, 
and  the  Greenebanm  Sons  Investment  Company,  as  well  as  being  a  director  of  the  Chicago  Title  and 
Trust    Company    and    other    financial    and    business    institutions. 

In  civic  affairs  he  lias  contributed  greatly.  During  the  war  he  did  his  "bit"  by  serving  as  chairman 
of  the  Jewish  Welfare  Board  and  the  finance  committee  of  the  Four  Minute  Men.  He  lias  been  for 
nineteen  years,  and  still  is.  president  of  the  Chicago  Sinai  Congregation.  lie  was  formerly  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Michael  Reese  Hospital  and  still  is  on  the  directorate.  He  is  now  treasurer  and  director  of 
the  Covenant  Club  of  Chicago,  the  Jewish  Historical  Society,  Citizens  Association  and  Travelers  Aid  So- 
ciety, and  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Real  Estate  Board,  lie  has  served  as  president  of  the  Citizens  Asso- 
ciation for  six  years  and  is  now  its  treasurer  and  was  treasurer  of  the  Chicago  Association  of  Commerce. 
He  is  a   member  of  the   Standard.   Covenant.    Lake   Shore  Country,    Iroquois.  City  and    Down    Town   Clubs. 

lie  always  has  taken  an  active  and  keen  interest  in  the  campaign  for  clean  government  and  law 
enforcement    and    is    known    for    his    geniality,    modesty,  energy,   charity  and   tact. 

Mr.  Greenebaum  was  born  in  Chicago.  March  17.  1858,  his  parents  being  Elias  and  Rosine  (Straus) 
Greenebaum.  I  lis  education  was  gained  at  the  Jones  and  Haven  schools  and  later  the  Chicago  Higli 
School.  He  entered  his  father's  banking  institution  in  1877  and  after  a  rigid  course  of  training  achieved 
its   complete    direction    and    is    responsible    for    a    great  share  of  its  growth  in  resources  and  prestige. 

On  December  23,  [884,  he  married  Julia  Friedman  at  Chicago,  and  now  has  three  children,  Edgar  N., 
Moses  E.  Greenebaum,  Jr.,  and  Eleanor  G.  Deutsch.  Business  address:  9  South  La  Salle  Street.  Resi- 
dence:     Belden-Stratford    Hotel. 


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Blank  d  Stoller,  N.  Y. 
SYDNEY  GARDINER 

Sydney  Gardiner,  resident  partner  of  Lage  &  Company,  director  of  the  Wanner  Malleable  Castings  Com- 
pany, and  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  investment  banking  business  in  Chicago,  was  born  in  Chicago,  March 
9,  1891,  the  son  of  Edwin  James  and  Marie    (Clements)   Gardiner. 

From  1897  to  1907  Mr.  Gardiner  attended  the  University  School  and  for  a  year  was  a  student  at  the 
University  of  Chicago.  He  then  entered  the  bond  business  and  continued  there  until  1916  when  he  was 
appointed  assistant  to  the  president  of  the  Moon  Motor  Car  Company  at  St.  Louis.  He  was  also  elected 
a  director  of   the   company. 

Following  his  service  with  the  Moon  Motor  Car  Company,  Mr.  Gardiner  accepted  his  present  con- 
nection with  Lage  &  Company  and  became  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Stock  Exchange.  Lage  &  Com- 
pany are  also   members  of  the   New   York   Stock   Exchange. 

On  July  10,  1923,  Mr.  Gardiner  was  married  to  Gladys  M.  Hempel  at  Los  Angeles,  California. 

Mr.  Gardiner  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club,  the  Racquet  Club,  the  Bond  Men's  Club,  the 
Casino  Club,  the  Saddle  and  Cycle  Club,  the  Onwentsia   Club    (Lake   Forest)    and  the  Attic   Club. 

His  business  address  is  208  South  La  Salle  Street,  and  his  residence  is  at  237  East  Delaware  Place, 
Chicago. 


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Champlain  Studios,  N.  Y. 

MILTON  S.  FLORSHEIM 

Milton  S.  Florsheim.  president  and  founder  of  the  Florsheim  Shoe  Company,  was  born  at  Chicago, 
July  27,  1868,  the  son  of  Sigmund  and  Henrietta  (Nussbaum)  Florsheim.  He  attended  Chicago  public 
schools  and   Harvard   School. 

When  he  was  but  twenty-four  years  old  lie  founded  the  Florsheim  Shoe  Company  and  since  has  be- 
come an  officer  or  director  in  about  thirty  corporations,  including  directorships  in  the  Continental  and 
Commercial   National    Bank   and   the   Mercantile   Trust  and   Savings   Bank  of  Chicago. 

On  December  20,  1892,  lie  was  married  to  Gertrude  Stern  of  Chicago.  There  are  two  sons,  Irving  S. 
and  Harold  M.  Florsheim. 

Mr.  Florsheim  is  a  member  of  the  City,  Standard.  Illinois  Athletic  and  Lake  Shore  Country  Clubs  of 
Chicago. 

His   office   is   at   541    West    Adams    Street    and   his  residence  is  the  Drake  Hotel,  Chicago. 


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Kaufmann  <(•  Fabry  Co. 

ERNEST  A.  HAMILL 

One  of  the  men  who  stands  highest  in  the  banking  fraternity  of  Chicago,  who  has  contributed  much 
to  the  establishment  of  banking  ethics  and  practices,  is  Ernest  A.  Hamill,  chairman  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  Illinois  Merchants  Trust  Company. 

Mr.  Hamill,  who  was  educated  in  the  Chicago  public  schools,  started  working  when  he  was  fifteen 
years  of  age  and  by  his  own  efforts,  hard  work  and  constant  study  became  an  important  figure  in  the  na- 
tion's financial  affairs. 

Mr.  Hamill  was  born  at  Bloomington,  Indiana,  July  I,  1851,  his  parents  being  Dr.  Robert  C.  and  Eliza 
Jane   (Davisson)    Hamill.     His  parents  moved  to   Chicago  when  Mr.  Hamill  was  ten  months  of  age. 

When  fifteen  years  of  age  Mr.  Hamill  obtained  a  position  in  a  large  hardware  store,  remaining  in  this 
business  for  nine  years,  and  leaving  to  enter  the  grain  commission  business  with  a  Chicago  Board  of  Trade 
firm.  Two  years  later  he  started  in  business  for  himself,  forming  the  partnership  of  Hamill  and  Cong- 
don.  After  nine  years'  partnership,  and  a  sojourn  in  Europe,  Mr.  Hamill  was  offered  the  vice-presidency 
of  the  Corn  Exchange  Bank  which  office  he  assumed  in  1889.  In  1898  the  name  of  the  bank  was  changed 
to  the  Corn  Exchange  National  Bank  of  Chicago  and  Mr.  Hamill  assumed  the  presidency.  Under  his 
guidance  the  Corn  Exchange  National  Bank  became  one  of  the  city's  largest  and  strongest 
financial  institutions.  In  October,  1919,  the  Merchants  Loan  and  Trust  Company,  the  Illinois  Trust  and 
Savings  Bank  and  the  Corn  Exchange  National  Bank  consolidated  so  far  as  their  resources  were  con- 
cerned, although  each  bank  maintained  its  own  official  heads  and  employes.  After  the  completion  of 
the  new  bank  building,  the  three  banks  were  all  housed  under  one  roof  and  became  the  Illinois  Merchants 
Trust  Company,   Mr.   Hamill  being  elected  chairman   of  the  board  of  the  combined  institutions. 

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Moffett 

GUY  HUSTON 

Guy  Huston,  president  of  the  Guy  Huston  Company,  Incorporated,  bankers,  of  Chicago  and  New  York; 
president  of  the  New  York  Joint  Stock  Land  Bank;  president  of  the  Chicago  Joint  Stock  Land  Bank;  presi- 
dent of  the  Huston  Banking  Company  of  Blandinsville,  Illinois,  was  born  at  Blandinsville,  McDonough 
County,   November  6,    1879.  the  son   of  John  and   Allie   (Lovitt)   Huston. 

The  foregoing  are  only  part  of  Mr.  Huston's  activities.  He  is  president  of  the  American  Associa- 
tion of  Joint  Stock  Land  Banks,  president  of  the  Joint  Stock  Securities  Company  of  Massachusetts,  and 
director  and  fiscal  agent  of  the  Kansas  City  Joint  Stock  Land  Bank,  the  Dallas  Joint  Stock  Land  Bank, 
the  Southern  Minnesota  Joint  Stock  Land  Bank  (Redwood  Falls,  Minnesota),  the  Des  Moines  Joint  Stock 
Land  Bank,  vice-president  and  treasurer  the  Pickrel  Walnut  Company,  St.  Louis,  and  the  Pickrel  Veneer 
Company,  New  Albany,   Indiana. 

The  group  of  Joint  Stock  Land  Banks,  in  the  direction  of  which  Mr.  Huston  takes  an  active  part 
and  for  whose  organization  he  was  largely  responsible,  have  combined  assets  of  $175,000,000.  Within 
the  loan  field  of  these  banks  lies  one-half  the  farm  wealth  of  the  United  States,  a  valuation  in  excess  of 
$33,000,000,000  and   the  annual  farm  production  of  this  territory  is  valued  at  approximately  $6,000,000,000. 

The  Huston  group  have  one-third  of  the  assets  of  the  entire  system  of  Joint  Stock  Land  Banks,  and 
the  Chicago  bank,  of  which  Mr.  Huston  is  president,  is  the  largest  bam-c  in  the  system,  having  assets  of 
over  $58,000,000. 

After  attending  common  school  and  high  school  at  Blandinsville,  Mr.  Huston  came  to  Chicago  and 
studied  law  for  three  years  at  Kent  College  of  Law.  After  leaving  Kent  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Bankers   National    Bank   of   Chicago,    returning   to    Blandinsville  in  1900  to  take  charge  of  his  family's  large 

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ISAAC   MILLER   HAMILTON 

Isaac  Miller  Hamilton,  president  of  the  Federal  Life  Insurance  Company  and  the  Union  Securities 
Company  of  Chicago ;  vice-president  of  the  Illinois  Canning  Company  of  Hoopeston,  Illinois ;  former  mem- 
ber of  the  Illinois  State  Senate,  was  born  at  Ash  Grove,  Illinois,  September  6,  1864,  the  son  of  Ephraim 
S.  and  Celia  B.  (Miller)  Hamilton.  He  attended  public  schools,  Grand  Prairie  Seminary,  studied  with 
private  tutors  and  was  admitted  to  practice  law  by  the   Illinois  and   Federal   Courts. 

Mr.  Hamilton  has  been  very  active  in  all  movements  for  the  development  and  betterment  of  life,  ac- 
cident and  health  insurance.  Many  years  ago  he  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  American  Life  Con- 
vention and  served  as  its  president.     He  still  is  a  member  of  the  executive  committee. 

He  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  was  chairman  of  the  very  efficient  agency  organization  known  as 
the  Association   of  Life  Agency  Officers. 

He  has  been  very  active  in  the  Insurance  Economics  Society  and  served  as  its  chairman. 

For  two  terms  he  served  as  president  of  the  Health  &  Accident   Underwriters   Conference. 

Mr.  Hamilton  is  a  member  of  the  Illinois  State  Bar  and  other  legal  associations,  a  former  president  of 
Illinois  Republican  and  National  Republican  Clubs,  and  in  1897-8-9  and  1900  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Illinois  State  Senate. 

He  is  a  director  of  the  Federal  Life  Insurance  Company,  the  Union  Securities  Company  and  the  Illinois 
Canning  Company,  and  a  member  of  the  Union  League,  the  South  Shore  Country,  the  Hamilton,  the  Illi- 
nois Athletic,  the  Bob  O'Link  Golf,  the  Chicago  Yacht  and  the  Opera  Clubs  of  Chicago,  and  the  Casualty 
and  Surety  Club  of  New  York. 

Mr.  Hamilton  was  married  to  Amanda  Ernst  (now  deceased)  at  Chicago  on  June  II,  1907.  There  is 
one  daughter,  Miriam   Celia  Hamilton. 

His  business  address  is  the  Federal  Life  Building  and  his  residence  is  at  451  Aldine  Avenue,  Chicago. 


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Blank  <(•  Stoller,  N.  Y. 

GEORGE  BATES  HARRINGTON 

George  Bates  Harrington,  president  of  the  Chicago,  Wilmington  and  Franklin  Coal  Company,  was 
born  at  Wilmington,  Delaware,  in  February,  1881,  the  son  of  Austin  and  Mary  Hillyard  (Bates)  Harring- 
ton. He  attended  St.  John's  School,  Manlius,  New  York,  for  four  years  beginning  with  1894,  graduated 
from  Princeton  University  in  1902  and  then  took  his  degree  in  mining  engineering  from  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology   in    1904. 

From  [904  to  1909  Mr.  Harrington  served  in  his  capacity  as  a  mining  engineer  in  Mexico  and  the 
Western  States;  from  [909  to  1914  he  was  connected  with  the  Stone  and  Webster  Companies  at  Seattle, 
Washington,  and  in  1914  he  was  elected  president  of  the  Chicago,  Wilmington  and  Franklin  Coal  Com- 
pany. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Club,  the  University  Club,  the  Union  Ueague  Club  and  the  Harvard- 
Yale-Princeton  Club,  all  of  Chicago. 

In  1905  he  was  married  to  Sophia  W.  Williamson  at  Wilmington,  Delaware.  There  are  three  daugh- 
ters,  Sophia,   Mary   Bates   and   Ann    Porter    Harrington. 

His    office    is    the    McCormick    Building,    and    his  residence  is  232  East  Walton   Place,  Chicago. 


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JOHN  H.  GULICK 

Twenty-seven  years  with  the  Insull  interests;  an  experience  that  took  him  through  the  form- 
ative years  of  perhaps  the  largest  public  utility  group  in  the  United  States  and  brought  him  the 
vice-presidency  of  the  Commonwealth  Edison  Company  of  Chicago,  the  vice-presidency  of  the 
Public  Service  Company  of  Illinois,  the  vice-presidency  of  the  Midland  Utilities  Company  and  a 
directorship    in    numerous   other   companies,    is    the  record  of  John  H.  Gulick. 

Mr.  Gulick  was  born  in  Washington,  District  of  Columbia,  February  14,  1867,  the  son  of 
George  F.  and  Adelaide  Gulick  and  attended  public  schools  and  Christian  Brothers  College  there. 

In  1898  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Commonwealth  Electric  Company  of  Chicago  and  the 
following  year  he  went  to  New  York  as  auditor  of  the  General  Incandescent  Arc  Light  Company. 
In  1905  he  returned  to  Chicago  as  auditor  for  the  Chicago  Edison  Company  and  two  years  later 
upon  the  merger  of  the  Chicago  Edison  Company  and  the  Commonwealth  Electric  Company  under  the 
name  of  the  Commonwealth  Edison  Company,  Mr.  Gulick  was  appointed  auditor  of  the  merged  com- 
panies. He  continued  in  this  position  until  19 14  when  he  was  elected  a  vice-president  of  the  com- 
pany, in  charge  of  accounts.  In  the  same  year  he  was  elected  vice-president  of  the  Public  Service 
Company  of  Northern  Illinois,  having  served  previously  as  secretary-treasurer  of  that  organization 
since  its  organization  in  191 1. 

In  addition  to  the  offices  already  mentioned,  Mr.  Gulick  is  a  director  in  the  following  com- 
panies: The  Middle  West  Utilities  Company,  the  Public  Service  Company  of  Northern  Illinois, 
the  Chicago  Rapid  Transit  Company,  the  Illinois  Northern  Utilities  Company,  the  Midland  Util- 
ities Company,  the  Northern  Indiana  Gas  and   Electric  Company  and  several  others. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Club,  the  Racquet  Club,  the  Saddle  and  Cycle  Club  and  the 
Casino  Club. 

In   1899  Mr.  Gulick  was  married  to  Madeleine  Fisher  of  Baltimore,  who  died  in   1904. 

His  business  address  is  72  West  Adams  Street  and  his  residence  is  219  Lake  Shore  Drive, 
Chicago. 


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Mojfett 

HENRY  ALEXANDER  HAUGAN 

Although  the  banking  field  is  rife  with  tales  of  men  who  have  worked  themselves  up  from  minor 
occupations  to  executive  positions,  few  successful  bankers  can  compete  in  this  respect  with  Henry  Alex- 
ander Haugan.  president  of  the  State  Bank  of  Chicago.  It  was  only  sixteen  years  from  the  time  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  hank  as  a  messenger  that  he  occupied  the  position  he  holds  to-day. 

Mr.  Haugan's  initiation  into  the  banking  field  occurred  in  1903.  The  State  Bank  of  Chicago,  estab- 
lished in  1879  by  his  father,  was  then  a  flourishing  institution  in  the  Loop  District  and  offered  many  oppor- 
tunities. Hard  work  brought  promotions  to  a  clerkship,  followed  later  by  advancements,  successively  to 
the  position  of  teller,  assistant  cashier,  vice-president  and,  finally,  in  1919,  president.  He  also  is  a  director 
of  the  Fidelity  and  Deposit  Company  of  Maryland. 

He  served  as  treasurer  of  the  University  of  Illinois  from  1909  to  191 2,  and  of  the  Chicago  Association 
of  Commerce  in  1922. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Bankers,  University,  Mid-Day,  Chicago,  Chicago  Athletic,  Glen  View  Golf. 
Swedish  and  Norwegian   Clubs. 

Mr.  Haugan  married   Miss   Blanche  Ernst   of  Chicago,  June  8,   1908. 

His  home  is  at  2600  Lake  View  Avenue,  Chicago,   and  his  office,   135  West  Washington  Street. 


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THEODORE  E.  JOINER 

Theodore  E.  Joiner,  president  of  the  investment  banking  firm  of  Hill,  Joiner  and  Company,  was  born 
at  New  York  City,  November  23,  1882,  the  son  of  John  F.  and  Elizabeth  A.  Joiner.  He  attended  com- 
mon  school,  high   school   and   later   continued   his   studies   with  private  tutors. 

Mr.  Joiner  started  in  the  bond  business  in  Chicago  in  1908.  In  1913  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
bond  department  of  the  Continental  and  Commercial  Trust  and  Savines  Bank  and  continued  there  until 
the  organization  of  Hill,  Juiner  and  Company  in  191 9.  From  1919  to  1923  he  was  vice-president  of  Hill. 
Joiner  and   Company;   in   1923  he  was  elected  president  of  the  company,  which  office  he  now  holds. 

In  the  latter  part  of  the  war  Mr.  Joiner  was  one  of  six  men  selected  from  Chicago  banks  by  Samuel 
Felton,  president  of  the  Chicago  Great  Western  Railway  (then  in  the  service  of  the  government),  and 
commissioned  as  finance  officers  to  act  with  the  United  States  Expeditionary  Force.  However,  the  war 
ended  before  Mr.  Joiner  could  sail  for  France. 

Mr.  Joiner  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Athletic  Association,  the  South  Shore  Country  Club  and  the 
Knollwood  Club. 

On  June  14,  1922,  he  was  married  to  Helen  S.  Skinner  of  Evanston  at  Waukegan,  Illinois.  There  are 
two  sons,  Theodore  E.  Joiner,  Jr.,  and  John  Davis  Joiner. 

Mr.  Joiner's  office  is  at  137  South  La  Salle  Street,  and  his  residence  is  at  457  Barry  Avenue,  Chicago. 


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EDGAR  THEODORE  KONSBERG 

Edgar  Theodore  Konsberg,  head  of  the  hanking  firm  of  E.  T.  Konsberg  &  Company,  investment 
hankers,  53  West  Jackson  Boulevard,  Chicago,  and  one  of  the  best  known  investment  bankers  in  that  city, 
is  a  native  son  of  Chicago  and  lias  lived  in  that  city  practically  all  his  life.  Mr.  Konsberg  was  born  on 
June  8,  1880,  and  is  a  son  of  Carl  Robert  and  Annie  (Anderson)  Konsberg.  the  latter  of  whom  is  still 
living. 

Mr.  Konsberg  completed  his  local  schooling  in  the  English  High  and  Manual  Training  Schools  and  then 
entered  Northwestern  University.  From  the  days  of  his  youth,  Mr.  Konsberg  had  been  attracted  to  the  bank- 
ing and  investment  business,  had  given  particular  attention  to  the  study  of  commercial  forms  during  his 
school  days,  had  had  some  practical  experience  along  the  lines  of  brokerage  and  investment  during  vaca- 
tion periods,  and  when  he  left  the  university,  he  definitely  adopted  this  form  of  commercial  activity  as  a 
life  vocation.  He  thus  became  engaged  as  an  investment  banker  in  1904,  and  four  years  later,  in  1908, 
established  himself  at  234  South  La  Salle  Street,  under  the  name  of  E.  T.  Konsberg  &  Company,  invest- 
ment bankers.  In  the  beginning  the  firm  consisted  of  Mr.  Konsberg,  as  executive  and  sales  force,  and 
one  stenographer,  who  also  acted  as  bookkeeper. 

On  June  26,  1912,  at  Clarksdale,  Mississippi,  Mr.  Edgar  Theodore  Konsberg  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Anna  Louise  Scott.  They  have  two  children:  daughter,  Louise  Scott;  son,  Edgar  Theodore,  Jr.  Mr. 
Konsberg  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  has  a  very  pleasing  home  at  198  Glenwood  Avenue 
in  the  delightful  Hubbard  Woods,  a  suburb  of  Chicago,  and  both  he  and  Mrs.  Konsberg  take  an  interested 
and  helpful  part  in  the  general,  social  and  cultural  activities  of  the  circle  in  which  they  move.  They  also 
have   traveled    widely.      Mr.    Konsberg   has   other   substantial  interests  in  or  about  Chicago,  these  including 

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W.  J.  KLINGENBERG 

Of  those  men  most  responsible  for  the  development  of  the  thriving  business  section  known  as  Up- 
town Chicago,  one  is  W.  J.  Klingenberg,  president  of  the  Sheridan  Trust  and  Savings  Bank;  chairman 
of  the  board  of  the  Capital  State  Savings  Bank,  and  director  of  Loren  Miller  and  Company,  the  principal 
merchandising  establishment   of  the   Uptown   Chicago   section. 

Mr.  Klingenberg  was  born  at  Dubuque,  Iowa,  February  27,  1877,  the  son  of  Edward  and  Elizabeth 
(Waitz)  Klingenberg,  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Chicago.  His  early  business  training 
was  gained  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Chicago,  where  for  eighteen  years  he  was  an  employe  and  where 
he  was  fortunate  in  having  as  an  example  of  banking  sagacity  the  late  James  B.  Forgan. 

Sixteen  years  ago  Mr.  Klingenberg  organized  the  Sheridan  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  and  was  its  first 
president  when  the  bank  first  opened  for  business  in  a  converted  store  on  Broadway,  just  north  of  Wilson 
Avenue.  The  rapid  growth  of  the  bank  paralleled  that  of  the  neighborhood — which  was  sparsely  settled 
for  a  Metropolitan  community  at  the  time  the  bank  was  opened — and  more  than  justified  the  choice  of  the 
location. 

It  was  not  long  before  the  bank  outgrew  the  converted  store  and  a  magnificent  bank  building  was 
built  at  the  apex  of  Broadway  and  Racine  Avenue,  just  south  of  Lawrence.  But  this  building  soon  proved 
inadequate  and  in  the  Spring  of  1925  the  Sheridan  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  moved  to  a  large,  combination 
office  and  bank  building  at  Broadway  and  Lawrence  Avenue  that  had  been  built  expressly  to  provide  room 
for  the  increased  business.  The  capital  of  the  bank  is  now  $1,000,000.00  and  the  surplus  is  now  $500,- 
000.00. 

As   chairman   of   the   old   Twenty-fifth    Ward   during  the  World   War,   Mr.   Klingenberg  was   directly 

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THEODORE   CHRISTIAN    KELLER 

Eloquent  testimony  to  the  achievements  of  Theodore  Christian  Keller,  president  of  the  Indiana  and 
Illinois  Coal  Corporation  which  operates  nine  large  mines  that  were  formerly  the  property  of  the  Chicago 
and  Eastern  Illinois  Railway  Company,  is  simply  set  forth  in  a  chronological  outline  of  Mr.  Keller's  busi- 
ness career. 

An  interesting  commentary  at  the  outset  is  that  no  company  which  Mr.  Keller  has  operated  has  ever 
failed  of  success  nor  contracted  a  cent  of  mortgage  indebtedness  subsequent  to  his  becoming  connected 
with  it. 

The  subject  of  this  biography  was  born  at  Boston,  Massachusetts,  January  7,  1864,  the  son  of  Chris- 
tian and  Henrietta  Keller.  He  attended  public  schools  and  Bryant  and  Stratton  Business  College  at  Chi- 
cago. In  1879  he  obtained  a  position  as  office  boy  to  the  president  and  vice-president  of  the  Chicago  and 
Western  Indiana  R.  R.  Company  and  later  served  in  the  auditor's  and  treasurer's  offices  as  a  clerk  and 
car  accountant.  In  1886  he  resigned  to  become  bookkeeper  for  the  Grape  Creek  Coal  Company  of  Illinois. 
In  1889  he  was  appointed  general  manager  and  in  1891  he  purchased  the  retail  business  of  the  company. 

In  1892  Mr.  Keller  purchased  a  one-fourth  interest  in  the  Hazel  Creek  Coal  Company  of  Indiana  and 
later  in  the  same  year  purchased  an  additional  half  interest.  These  mines  were  operated  successfully  until 
the  coal  was  exhausted.  In  this  same  year,  he  began  the  purchase  of  real  estate  at  Twenty-third  Street 
and  the  Chicago  and  Western  Indiana  tracks,  which   was  sold  to  the  railroad  in   1907  for  $320,000. 

In  1898  he  organized  the  Keller  Coal  Company  of  Indiana,  purchased  540  acres  of  coal  with  300  acres 
of  surface,  and  developed  a  new  mine  that  was  operated  successfully  for  eight  years  and  then  sold  to 
Oak  Hill  Coal  Mining  Company  for  $80,000. 

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GEORGE  RUDOLPH  MEYERCORD 

George  Rudolph  Meyercord  is  one  of  the  best  known  men  in  Illinois  industry,  as  he  is  the  president 
of  four  large  manufacturing  concerns  in  the  state,  and  at  one  time  was  president  of  the  Illinois  Manu- 
facturers   Association.      He    is    still    a    director    of    that  organization. 

He  was  born  at  Washington  Heights,  Illinois,  May  23,  1875,  his  parents  being  Philip  and  Marie  Caro- 
line (Seiff)  Meyercord.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  St.  Louis  and  then  at  Armour  Institute 
in  Chicago.  When  he  finished  his  technical  education  he  had  some  preliminary  experience  but  soon  decided 
to  enter  business  for  himself. 

He  plunged  in  1894  when  he  was  only  nineteen  years  of  age  and  organized  the  Meyercord  Company, 
manufacturers  of  decalcomonia  transfer  ornaments.  This  glass  printing  process  was  new  then  but  Mr. 
Meyercord  soon  built  up  a  substantial  business  which  still  is  prospering  under  his  presidency.  In  the 
meantime,  however,  he  organized  and  is  now  president  of  the  Vitrolite  Company.  Likewise  he  is  president 
of  the  Haskelite  Manufacturing  Company  of  Chicago  and  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan,  and  the  American 
Manufacturers  Foreign  Credit  Underwriters,  Chicago  and  New  York.  In  addition  he  is  a  director  of 
the  American  Protective  Tariff  League,  the  National  Association  of  Employing  Lithographers,  the  Asso- 
ciation of  Arts  and  Industries  and  a  vice-president  of  the  Home  Market  Club. 

Mr.  Meyercord  married  Agnes  Adams  on  August  23,  1905,  at  Chicago,  and  has  five  children.  They 
are  Agnes  Marie,  Margaret  Elizabeth,  George,  Jr.,  Edward  Bernard  and  Helen.  His  home  is  at  577 
Hawthorne  Place  and  his  business  address  is  133  West  Washington  Street,  Chicago.  He  is  a  member  of 
the   following  clubs :     Union   League,    Mid-Day,   Illinois  Athletic,  Illinois  Golf  and  Edgewater  Golf. 


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CLAYTON   MARK 

Clayton  Mark,  president  of  Clayton  Mark  and  Company,  was  born  on  a  farm  near  Fredericksburg, 
Lebanon  County,  Pennsylvania,  June  30,  1858,  the  son  of  Cyrus  and  Rebecca  (Strohm)  Mark,  his  earliest 
paternal  ancestor  in  this  country  being  William  Killian  Mark,  who  settled  in  Lebanon  County,  Pennsylvania, 
in   I73S- 

Mr.  Mark  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Pennsylvania  and  Illinois.  He  came  to  Chicago  in 
1872,  and  in  1876  began  his  business  career  as  a  clerk  with  the  Chicago  Malleable  Iron  Company,  being 
made  secretary  of  the  company  four  years  later.     When  that  company's  successor  (The  National  Malleable 

ings  Company)  was  organized,  Mr.  Mark  became  director  of  its  Chicago  works;  subsequently  he  was 
made  vice-president  of  the  company  and  a  member  of  its  directorate.  In  1923,  the  National  Company  was 
reorganized  under  the  name  of  National  Malleable  and  Steel  Castings  Company,  and  Mr.  Mark  is  a  mem- 
ber of  its  board  of  directors. 

In  1888,  while  still  secretary  of  the  Chicago  Malleable  Iron  Company,  Mr.  Mark  founded,  in  Chicago, 
the  Mark  Manufacturing  Company,  an  independent  co-partnership,  for  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  water 
well  supplies.  This  business  was  afterward  enlarged  to  include  the  manufacture  of  steel  pipe;  pipe  mills 
were  built  at  Evanston,  Illinois,  and  bought  at  Zanesville,  Ohio,  and  Mr.  Mark  became  one  of  the  pioneer 
makers  of  steel  pipe  in  this  country.  In  1908,  he  founded  the  Vinegar  Hill  Zinc  Company  for  the  mining 
of  zinc  ores,  operating  in  the  zinc  fields  of  Illinois,  Wisconsin,  Oklahoma  and  Kansas.  The  National  Zinc 
Separating  Company  was  formed  by  him  in  1914,  to  roast  zinc  ores.  In  1906,  the  jobbing  houses  of  the 
Mark-Lally  Company  in  California  were  established,  and  in  1908,  the  Atlas  Supply  Company,  at  Muskogee, 
Oklahoma,   was   incorporated,   with   a   system   of   jobbing  houses  in  Oklahoma,  Kansas  and  Texas,  these  two 

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FRANK  T.  HULSWIT 

Frank  T.  Hulswit,  president  of  The  United  Light  and  Power  Company,  vice-presi- 
dent and  director  of  other  public  utility  and  industrial  companies,  was  born  at  Grand 
Rapids,  Michigan,  September  10,  1875,  the  son  of  Frank  Michael  and  Johanna  Ursula 
(Louis)   Hulswit,  and  attended  public  schools  at  Grand  Rapids. 

At  the  age  of  fifteen  Mr.  Hulswit  became  a  jeweler's  apprentice  and  two  years 
later  entered  the  employ  of  the  United  States  as  a  clerk  in  the  postoffice  at  Grand 
Rapids.  In  1895  he  entered  the  employ  of  The  Michigan  Trust  Company  and  con- 
tinued there  as  a  clerk  until  1902.  In  1902  he  became  a  bond  salesman  and  two  years 
later  became  president  of  the  firm  of  Child,  Hulswit  and  Company.  In  19 10  he  was 
elected  president  of  the  United  Light  and  Power  Company. 

Mr.  Hulswit  is  a  director  of  The  United  Light  and  Power  Company,  and  is  vice- 


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president  and  director  of  the  following  corporations:  The  Tri-City  Railway  and  Light 
Company;  the  Columbus  Railway,  Power  and  Light  Company;  the  American  Light  and 
Traction  Company;  the  American  Superpower  Corporation,  and  the  American  Hide  and 
Leather  Company. 

He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  at  Grand  Rapids,  and  a  member  of  the  Metro- 
politan Club  of  New  York;  the  Union  League  Club  of  Chicago;  the  Westchester-Bilt- 
more  Country  Club  of  Rye,  New  York;  the  Peninsular  Club  of  Grand  Rapids;  the 
Congressional  Country  Club  of  Washington,  and  the  Union  Club  of  Cleveland. 

Mr.  Hulswit  married  Cornelia  Maria  Hoebeke.  There  are  two  sons,  Charles 
Louis  Hulswit  and  Robert  Marius  Hulswit. 

Mr.  Hulswit's  offices  are  the  Illinois  Merchants  Bank  Building,  Chicago,  and 
1 20  Broadway,  New  York. 


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CHARLES  McCLELLAN  MODERWELL 

Charles  McClellan  Moderwell,  president  of  the  Chicago  Board  of  Education ;  president  of  C.  M.  Moder- 
well  and  Company,  wholesale  coal  dealers ;  president  of  the  Mordue  Colleries  Company  and  the  United  Coal 
Corporation,  miners  of  coal,  was  born  at  Geneseo,  Illinois,  May  6,  1868,  the  son  of  John  B.  and  Maria 
Antoinette   (McClellan)   Moderwell. 

He  attended  public  schools  at  Geneseo  until  1883,  Geneseo  Collegiate  Institute  until  1885  and  grad- 
uated from  Wooster  College,  Wooster,  Ohio,  in  1889,  with  a  degree  of  bachelor  of  philosophy.  In  1892  he 
entered  the  coal  business. 

Mr.  Moderwell  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League  Club  of  Chicago,  the  University  Club  and  the  Glen 
View  Golf  Club.  He  is  a  former  president  of  the  Illinois  Coal  Operators  Association  and  a  former  trus- 
tee of  Wooster  College. 

On  October  6,  1897,  he  was  married  to  Jennie  L.  Cadwallader  at  Joliet,  Illinois.  There  is  one  son, 
Horace  M.  Moderwell. 

Mr.  Moderwell's  office  is  at  307  North  Michigan  Boulevard,  Chicago;  his  residence  is  at  1624  Judson 
Avenue,  Evanston. 


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CHARLES  ANDREWS  MUNROE 

Charles  Andrews  Munroe,  chairman  of  the  hoard  of  directors  of  the  Laclede  Gas  Light  Company, 
president  of  the  Laclede  Gas  and  Electric  Company,  was  born  at  Middlebury,  Vermont,  February  9,  1875, 
the  son  of  Merrick  Adams  and  Henrietta  (  Persis)  Munroe.  He  graduated  from  Middlebury  College  in 
1896  and   subsequently   attended   the   school   of   law   of  Northwestern  University. 

During  the  war  Mr.  Munroe  was  state  director  of  the  United  States  Public  Service  Reserve  for  Illinois. 

Club  memberships  include  :  The  Chicago  Club,  the  Commercial  Club  of  Chicago,  the  Industrial  Club  of 
Chicago,  the  Mid-Day  Club,  Onwentsia  Club,  Shoreacres  Club,  the  University  Club  of  Chicago,  the  Winter 
Club  of  Lake  Forest,  the  Saddle  and  Cycle  Club,  the  Sculptors  and  Painters  Association  of  New  York,  the 
Attic  of  Chicago,  the  Racquet  Club  of  Chicago,  the  Racquet  Club  of  St.  Louis,  the  St.  Louis  Country  Club, 
the  Coleman  Lake  Club,  the  Greemvich  Country  Club,  the  Recess  Club  of  New  York,  the  Indian  Harbor 
Yacht  Club,  the  City  Club  of   Chicago,  Old   Elm   Club,  and  the  Chicago  Yacht  Club. 

On  August  20.  1907,  he  was  married  to  Rhea  Logan  at  Darien,  Connecticut.  There  are  three  children, 
Josephine  Logan  Munroe,  Rhea  Munroe  and  Logan  Munroe. 

Mr.  Munroe's  business  address  is  231  South  La  Salle  Street:  his  residence  is  1234  Lake  Shore  Drive, 
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CHARLES  ALEXANDER  McCULLOCH 

Charles  Alexander  McCulloch,  president  of  the  Parmelee  Transfer  Company,  vice-president  of  the  Chi- 
cago Yellow  Cab  Company,  vice-president  of  the  Yellow  Cab  Manufacturing  Company,  vice-president  of 
the  Omnibus  Corporation  of  America,  vice-president  of  the  Yellow  Manufacturing  Acceptance  Corpora- 
tion, treasurer  of  the  John  R.  Thompson  Company,  was  born  at  Chicago,  December  2,  1875,  the  son  of 
William  Wallace  and  Agnes    (Alexander)    McCulloch. 

Mr.  McCulloch's  formal  education  ended  with  graduation  from  the  Emerson  Grammar  School  of  Chi- 
cago. While  going  to  school  he  sold  newspapers  and  had  a  route  which  he  delivered.  After  graduation 
from  school  he  rented  four  wagons  to  the  Chicago  Times  and  became  a  newspaper  distributor  through- 
out the  city.  His  success  in  this  line  soon  made  him  one  of  the  largest  wholesale  wagon  distributors  for  the 
Times-Herald,   the   Chicago   Tribune,   the    Chicago   Journal  and  the  Chicago  Evening  Post. 

After  five  years  in  the  wholesale  newspaper  distributing  business  he  became  circulation  manager  for 
the  Chicago  Journal  and  later  on  for  the  Chicago  Evening  Post,  from  where  he  was  appointed  general 
manager  of  the  Parmelee  Transfer  Company.  In  August,  1914,  he  and  his  associates  purchased  the 
Parmelee   Company. 

Mr.  McCulloch  is  a  director  of  the  Foreman  National  Bank,  the  Chicago  National  League  Baseball 
Club  (The  "Cubs"),  the  Chicago  Motor  Coach  Company,  the  Fifth  Avenue  Bus  Company  of  New  York 
and  the  New  York  Transportation   Company. 

Club  memberships  include  the  Chicago  Athletic  Association,  the  South  Shore  Country  Club,  the  Mid- 
Day  Club,  the  Lake  Shore  Athletic  Club,  the  Forty  Club,  the  Eagle  River  Fishing  and  Shooting  Club,  the 
Chicago   Riding   Club    (director)    and   the   Chicago   Yacht  Club. 

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HUGO  EMIL  OTTE 

Hugo  Emil  Otte,  president  of  the  National  BanK  ot  tne  Republic,  was  born  in  Chicago,  May  30, 
1S72,  the  son  of  Emil   and   Catherine    (Behrman)    Otte,  and  was  educated  in  the  Chicago  public  schools. 

At  the  age  of  fifteen  Mr.  Otte  entered  the  employ  of  the  Union  National  Bank  of  Chicago  and 
continued  with  that  institution  until  it  was  consolidated  with  the  First  National  Bank  in  1900.  For 
four  years  Mr.  Otte  remained  in  the  employ  of  the  latter  institution,  but  in  1904  he  assisted  in  the 
organization  of  the  Union  Stock  Yards  State  Bank  and  became  that  bank's  first  cashier.  Subsequently  he 
organized  and  became  president  of  the  Lake  View  Trust  and   Savings   Bank. 

In  1907  Mr.  Otte  was  appointed  cashier  of  the  National  City  Bank  of  Chicago.  Two  years  later  he 
was  elected  a  vice-president  and  in   1924   he  was  elected  to  the  presidency. 

Upon  the  consolidation,  in  1925,  of  the  National  City  Bank  with  the  National  Bank  of  the  Republic 
under  the  name  of  the  latter  institution,  Mr.  Otte  was  elected  president  of  the  National  Bank  of  the  Republic. 

Mr.  Otte  is  a  member  of  the  Illinois  Advisory  Board  of  the  National  Surety  Company,  and  a  director 
of  the  Peoples  Stock  Yards  State  Bank,  the  Kaspar- American  State  Bank  and  the  National  Bank  of  the 
Republic. 

On  June  7,  1894,  Mr.  Otte  married  Annetta  Christian  of  Chicago.  Of  three  children,  Howard  Allan 
Otte,  Milton  Harvey  Otte  and  Helen  Otte,  the  last  named    is   now   deceased. 

Mr.  Otte  is  a  member  of  the  Bankers  Club,  the  Chicago  Club,  the  South  Shore  Country  Club  and  the 
Knollwood  Club.  His  residence  is  at  5124  Hyde  Park  Boulevard,  and  his  business  address  i^  134  South 
La  Salle  Street,  Chicago. 


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©l!)2'i  Drake  Studio,  Chicago 

JOHN   JOSEPH   O'BRIEN 

John  Joseph  O'Brien,  president  of  H.  M.  Byllesby  and  Company,  officer  and  director  in  numerous 
other  public  utility  and  industrial  corporations,  is  a  striking  example  of  the  opportunities  in  business  life 
awaiting  the  American  boy.  As  head  of  the  Byllesby  organization,  Mr.  O'Brien  is  not  only  chief  execu- 
tive of  an  investment  house  with  offices  in  Chicago,  New  York,  Boston  and  other  cities,  underwriting  and 
distributing  a  large  volume  of  securities  annually,  but  is  also  chief  executive  of  one  of  the  largest  groups 
of  electric  and  gas  companies  under  a  single  management  in  the  United  States.  The  operated  and  affiliated 
ultility  companies  supply  service  to  over  1,000  cities  and  towns  with  4.500,000  population  and  are  located  in 
nineteen  states  of  the  Middle  West,  South  and  West.  Combined  gross  earnings  are  approximately  $120,- 
000,000  annually. 

The  firm  was  organized  in  1902  by  the  late  Colonel  Henry  Marison  Byllesby,  who  died  on  May  I, 
1924.  Colonel  Byllesby  was  one  of  the  electrical  pioneers  of  the  United  States — vice-president  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  Westinghouse  Electric  Company  at  the  age  of  twenty-six — and  it  was  due  to  his  ability 
and  guidance,  to  his  faculty  of  picking  able  men  to  assist  him,  that  the  firm  of  H.  M.  Byllesby  and 
Company  attained  its  present  position  in  the  utility  field.  As  a  testimony  to  his  service  during  the 
World  War,  the  United  States  Distinguished  Service  Medal  was  conferred  on  Colonel  Byllesby  as  was 
the  Distinguished   Service  Order  of   Great  Britain. 

Mr.  O'Brien,  who  succeeded  Colonel  Byllesby  as  chief  executive  of  the  Byllesby  companies,  was  born 
at  Chicago,  April  2,  1851.  He  attended  parochial  and  public  schools  and  business  college.  His  first  job 
was  with  the  Pullman  Company  at  the  age  of  eighteen.  Two  years  later  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
United  Edison  Manufacturing  Company,  since  absorbed  by  the  General  Electric  Company,  and  was  in  charge 

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Howe  i(-  Arthur 

GEORGE   A.    PEARSON 

George  A.  Pearson,  president  of  the  Electrical  Research  Laboratories  of  Chicago,  vice-president  of  the 
Pearson  Piano  Company  of  Indianapolis,  was  born  at  Indianapolis,  March  12,  1879,  the  son  of  George  C. 
and   Emma    (Shoemaker)    Pearson,    and    attended   public  schools  in  his  native  city. 

After  leaving  school,  Mr.  Pearson  entered  the  piano  business  that  his  father  had  founded  in  Indian- 
apolis in  1873  and  continued  with   that  company  as  vice-president   for   approximately   twenty  years. 

In   iojo  he   came  to   Chicago  and   became   identified  with  the  automobile  industry  as  a  general  distributor 

'me  of  the  best  known  motor  cars. 

Mr.  Pearson  was  one  of  the  early  radio  enthusiasts  and  experimenters.  He  has  perhaps  conducted  more 
tests  and  experiments  with  radio  parts  and  radio  receivers  than  any  individual.  In  1922  he  organized  and 
became  president  of  the  Electrical  Research  Laboratories — to-day  the  largest  radio  parts  manufacturer 
in  the  industry. 

A  recent  survey  of  the  radio  market  disclosed  the  amazing  fact  that  of  the  4,000,000  radio  receivers 
in  use,  over  i.ooo.coo  have  one  or  more  ERLA  parts.  ERLA  is  the  trade  name  for  the  products  of  the 
Electrical  Research  Laboratories. 

Always  abreast  of  the  times,  this  concern  under  Mr.  Pearson's  guidance  is  now  launching  big  produc- 
tion of  complete  radio  receivers.  Judged  by  the  successes  of  the  past,  ERLA  radio  receivers  will  soon 
take  a  prominent   place   in   American   homes. 

On  October  5,  191 9,  he  was  married  to  Wilhelmina  Harvey  at  Chicago.  There  is  one  son,  George  Al- 
lien Pearson.  Jr. 

Mr.  Pearson  is  a  member  of  the  South  Shore  Country   Club  and   the    Press    Club   of   Chicago. 

Mr.  Pearson's  business  address  is  2500  Cottage  Grove  Avenue.  He  lives  at  the  South  Shore  View 
Hotel,  7100  South  Shore  Drive,  Chicago. 


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Pack  Bros.,  N.  Y. 

GEORGE   PICK 

George  Pick,  president  of  the  Investment  Securities  firm  of  George  Pick  and  Company,  was  born  at 
Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  February  14,  1869,  the  son  of  Adolphus  and  Mary  (Federn)  Pick,  and  attended 
public  grammar  and   high   schools   at   Milwaukee. 

In  1887  Mr.  Pick  entered  the  employ  of  the  Northwestern  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  at  Mil- 
waukee as  a  clerk  and  continued  with  that  organization  for  eighteen  years,  progressing  through  positions 
of  increasing  responsibility  to  the  position  of  associate  general  agent  for  the  company  at  Milwaukee.  In 
1905  he  was  appointed  associate  general  agent  of  the  company  at  Chicago,  continuing  in  that  position 
until  1907,  when  he  was  appointed  general  agent  for  the  Mutual  Benefit  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Newark, 
New  Jersey,  for  the  State  of  Illinois.  In  1919  he  resigned  from  the  last  named  company  to  organize  the 
firm  of  which   he   is  now   the  head. 

Mr.  Pick  is  a  director  of  the  American  Radiator  Company,  the  Union  Trust  Company,  the  Chicago  Morris 
Plan   Bank,   and   is   treasurer  and  a   director  of   Bernard  Hewitt  and  Company. 

Club  memberships  include :  The  Mid-Day  Club,  the  Lake  Shore  Country  Club,  the  Standard  Club,  the 
Ravisloe    Country   Club   and   the   Westchester-Biltmore  Country  Club  of  New  York. 

On  April  6,  1899,  he  was  married  to  Frieda  Rosenthal  of  Chicago.  There  are  two  sons,  Frederick  G.  and 
Grant  J.  Pick. 

His  business  address  is  72  West  Adams  Street,  Chicago,  and  his  residence  is  Highland  Park,  Illinois. 


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LEMUEL  BUELL  PATTERSON 

Lemuel  Buell  Patterson,  president  of  the  City  lee  and  Fuel  Company  of  Cleveland,  bank  director  and 
former  Chicago  South  Park  Commissioner,  was  born  at  Patterson,  Illinois,  January  24,  1869,  the  son  of 
James   L.   and    Mary    E.    Patterson. 

In  1887,  and  after  attending  Roodbouse  High  School,  Roodhouse,  Illinois,  Mr.  Patterson  entered  the 
employ  of  Swift  and  Company,  continuing  there  in  positions  of  increasing  responsibility  until  1904,  when 
lie  was  elected  vice-president  of  the  National  Packing  Company.  In  1912  he  resigned  from  the  National 
Packing   Company  and   until    1925   conducted   personal  business. 

Mr.  Patterson  is  a  director  of  the  Foreman  National  Bank,  the  Foreman  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  the 
Drovers  National  Bank  and  the  Drovers  Trust  and  Savings  Bank.  From  191 4  to  1925  he  was  a  member 
of  the  board  of   commissioners  of  the   South   Park  of   Chicago. 

Club  memberships  include  the  South  Shore  Country  Club,  the  Union  League  Club,  the  Olympia  Fields 
Golf  Club,  the  Mid-Day  Club,   the  Chicago   Athletic    Association  and  the  Saddle  and  Sirloin  Club. 

On  May  12,  1908,  Mr.  Patterson  was  married  to  Harriet  B.  McAdoo.  His  office  is  at  76  West  Monroe 
Street  and  his  residence  is  the  Sisson  Hotel,  Chicago. 


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ERNEST  JAMES  STEVENS 

Ernest  James  Stevens,  president  and  manager  of  the  Hotel  La  Salle  Company,  operating 
the  Hotel  La  Salle,  was  born  at  Colchester,  Illinois,  February  13,  1884,  the  son  of  James  Wil- 
liam  and   Jessie   Louise    (Smith)    Stevens. 

He  attended  grammar  school  in  Chicago,  Princeton-Yale  Preparatory  School,  graduated  from 
the  University  of  Chicago,  in  1904,  with  a  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Philosophy  and  from  North- 
western University  Law  School,  in  1907,  with  a  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  practice  of  law  in   Illinois  in   December,   1907. 

Mr.  Stevens  is  a  director  of  the  Illinois  Life  Insurance  Company,  vice-president  and  direc- 
tor of  the  Stevens  Hotel  Company,  director  of  the  Central  Trust  Company  of  Illinois  and  of 
the  Stevens  Brothers  Corporation. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League  Club  of  Chicago,  the  Chicago  Athletic  Association, 
the  Hamilton  Club,  the  Quadrangle  Club,  the  Commonwealth  Club,  the  Chickaming  Country 
Club,  the  Chicago  Bar  Association,  the  South  Shore  Country  Club,  the  Phi  Upsilon  and  Phi 
Delta  Phi  fraternities  and  the  Masonic  order. 

On  April  17,  1907,  at  Michigan  City,  Indiana,  Mr.  Stevens  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Street. 
There   are    four   sons:    Ernest    Street,    Richard   James,  William   Kenneth  and  John   Paul   Stevens. 

Mr.  Stevens'  office  is  at  the  Hotel  La  Salle  and  his  residences  are  at  13 14  East  Fifty-eighth 
Street,    Chicago,    and    Lakeside,    Berrien    County,   Michigan. 


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fernand  de  Gueldre,  Chicago 

FRANK  FULLER   STORY 

Frank  Fuller  Story,  vice-president  and  treasurer  of  the  Story  and  Clark  Piano  Company,  was  born 
in  Chicago,  April  17,   1873,  the  son  of  Hampton  L.  and  Marion    (Fuller)    Story. 

After  attending  Chicago  public  schools,  Mr.  Story  entered  the  employ  of  the  Story  &  Clark  Organ 
Company,  which  was  being  converted  from  an  organ  manufactory  by  his  brother,  E.  H.  Story,  and 
which    subsequently   became    the    Story   and    Clark    Piano  Company. 

Following  training  in  the  factory,  during  which  Mr.  Story  learned  the  practical  side  of  piano  manu- 
facture, he  entered  the  sales  department  and  from  there  traversed,  by  successive  steps,  all  the  distributive 
and  administrative  departments.  His  first  official  position  was  that  of  secretary-treasurer  and  for  the  past 
seven  years  he  has  administered  the  combined  post  of  vice-president  and  treasurer. 

On  December  11,  1901,  Mr.  Story  was  married  to  Ruth  Fouke  at  Naperville,  Illinois.  There  are  three 
children,  Jane   Story,   Edward   Story  and   Frank   Fuller  Story,  Jr. 

Mr.    Story   is   a   member   of    the    Chicago    Athletic  Club  and  the  Riverside  Golf  Club. 

His  office  is  at  173  North  Michigan  Boulevard,  Chicago,  and  his  residence  is  at  Riverside,  Illinois. 


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CLEMENT  STUDEBAKER,  JR. 

Clement  Studebaker,  Jr..  president  of  the  Illinois  Power  and  Light  Corporation,  president  of  the 
Missouri  Power  and  Light  Corporation,  president  of  Illinois  Traction,  Incorporated,  chairman  of  the 
North  American  Light  and  Power  Company,  was  born  at  South  Bend,  Indiana,  August  II,  1871,  the 
son  of  Clement  and  Ann  (Milburn)  Studebaker,  his  father  being  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Studebaker 
Brothers   Manufacturing   Company,   subsequently  the    Studebaker  Corporation. 

After  attending  Northwestern  University  at  Evanston,  Illinois,  Clement  Studebaker,  Jr.,  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Studebaker  Brothers  Manufacturing  Company  as  a  bill  clerk  in  1891.  Subsequently  he  was 
promoted  to  the  position  of  cashier  and  still  later  he   was  elected  treasurer  of  the  company. 

On  March  7,  191 1,  he  was  elected  treasurer  and  second  vice-president  of  the  newly  formed  Studebaker 
Corporation,  and  on  December  9  of  the  same  year  he  was  elected  vice-president  and  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee of  control. 

Resigning  from  the  Studebaker  Corporation  in  19 14,  Mr.  Studebaker  conducted  personal  business  until 
April  16,  1915,  when  he  was  elected  president  of  the  North  American  Light  and  Power  Company.  On 
July  23,  1920,  he  was  elected  chairman  of  the  company.  On  April  28,  1923,  he  was  elected  president  of 
the  Illinois  Light  and  Power  Corporation.  On  November  18,  1923,  he  was  elected  president  of  the  Mis- 
souri Light  and  Power  Corporation,  and  on  November  12,  1924,  he  was  elected  president  of  Illinois  Traction, 
Incorporated. 

Mr.  Studebaker  is  a  trustee  of  De  Pauw  University  and  a  member  of  the  following  clubs:  The  Chi- 
cago Club,  the  Union  League  Club,  the  Attic — all  of  Chicago;  the  Union  League  Club  and  the  Lotus  Club 
of  New  York;  the  Algonquin  Club  of  Boston  and  the  Abenaqui  Club  of  Rye  Beach,  New  Hampshire. 

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Gibson 

LAWRENCE  F.  STERN 

Lawrence  F.  Stern,  who  is  vice-president  and  director  of  S.  W.  Straus  &  Company,  of  Chicago  and 
New  York,  and  administrative  officer  of  the  western  organization,  entered  the  employ  of  that  concern  in 
1908  as  an  office  boy.  Successively  he  served  as  salesman,  loan  solicitor,  loan  appraiser,  manager  of  the 
loan  department   and   now  is  vice-president. 

Mr.  Stern  is  a  native  of  Chicago,  born  August  2,  1888,  the  son  of  Herman  and  Pauline  (Fish)  Stern. 
Hyde  Park  High  School  of  his  native  city  provided  his  preparatory  education  which  was  continued  to  grad- 
uation from  Dartmouth  College  in  1910.  At  college  he  was  a  member  of  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  Fra- 
ternity. 

Mr.  Stern  is  athletically  inclined  and  holds  an  enviable  record  in  tennis  and  football.  He  has  kept  up 
his  tennis  since  leaving  college  and  has  a  number  of  cups  won  in  state  and  national  contests.  He  also 
enjoys  horsemanship  and  is  a  director  of  the  Chicago  Riding  Club. 

Business  associations,  in  addition  to  his  position  with  S.  W.  btraus  &  Company,  include  directorships 
in  the  Ambassador  Hotel  System,  the  Franklin  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  the  Wolff  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany and  the  Independent    Packing  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Down  Town  Club,  the  Chicago  Riding  Club,  the  Standard  Club,  the  Northmoor 
Country  Club  and  the  D.   K.   E.   Club  of  Chicago. 

June  15,  1914,  Mr.  Stern  married  Helen  Schnadig  at  Chicago.  He  has  two  children,  Marjorie  Helen 
Stern  and  Donald  Lawrence  Stern. 

His  place  of  business  is  the  Straus  Building,  306  South  Michigan  Avenue,  Chicago,  and  his  residence 
is  at  981   Sheridan  Road,  Glencoe,  Illinois. 


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Moffett 

JOHN  CHARLES  SCHANK 

John  C.  Schank,  as  he  is  known,  is  vice-president  of  the  Brunswick,  Balke,  Collender  Company,  manu- 
facturers of  billiard  tables,  bowling  alleys,  phonographs  and  radios,  and  is  general  superintendent  of  all  its 
factories   as   well   as   first   vice-president   of   the   James  Levy  Motors  Company. 

His  parents  were  among  the  earliest  settlers  in  Chicago,  his  father,  John  Schank,  coming  to  this  city 
in  1846  and  his  mother,  Caroline  Schmidt,  in  1852.  They  were  married  in  i860  and  John  Charles 
Schank  was  born  here,  May  22,  1867,  just  four  years  before  the  great  Chicago  fire  in  which  his  father 
was  first  assistant  fire  marshal. 

Mr.  Schank's  education  was  gained  in  the  public  schools  of  Chicago,  after  which  he  took  a  year's  course 
in  the  Bryant  &  Stratton  Business  College.  All  during  his  school  days  he  sold  newspapers  before  and  after 
school,  and  in  1882  he  started  to  work  for  a  sponge  concern  located  in  the  basement  of  the  old  Tremont 
House  for  the  magnificent  sum  of  $4  a  week. 

After  six  weeks  of  this,  however,  an  opportunity  came  for  him  to  go  with  the  H.  W.  Collender  Com- 
pany, which  two  years  later  became  the  Brunswick,  Balke,  Collender  Company.  Mr.  Schank  worked  up 
from  the  bottom  with  this  concern  and  when  only  thirty  years  of  age — in  1897 — -was  given  charge  of  all 
the  company's  plants. 

He  is  an  ardent  devotee  of  billiards  and  has  seen  practically  all  the  big  matches  and  tournaments 
held  in  Chicago  since  1882.  He  also  is  a  follower  of  baseball  and  bowling,  as  well  as  being  fond  of  golf. 
His  hobby  is  horses,  and  he  has  a  stable  in  which  are  Lord  Granite  and  several  promising  two-year-olds. 

Mr.  Schank  is  a  bachelor  and  lives  at  6720  Oglesby  Avenue.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Lake  Shore 
Athletic,    German,    Lincoln    and    South    Shore    Country  Clubs  and  the  Chicago  Athletic  Association.     He  is 

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Chambers 

MARSHALL   EMMETT    SAMPSELL 

Marshall  Emmett  Sampsell  is  a  director  of  the  Middle  West  Utilities  Company  and  president  of  sub- 
sidiary companies  which  furnish  electric  light  and  power  (and  in  many  cases  other  utility  service)  to  390 
communities  in  Illinois  and  Wisconsin.  These  operating  companies  include  the  Central  Illinois  Public  Serv- 
ice Company,  the  Wisconsin  Power  and  Light  Company,  the  Wisconsin  River  Power  Company,  the  South- 
ern Wisconsin  Power  Company  and  others. 

Mr.  Sampsell  was  born  at  Marshall,  Texas,  February  28,  1874,  the  son  of  Joseph  Benjamin  and  Fannie 
(Alnutt)  Sampsell,  and  attended  public  schools  at  Ashland,  Ohio;  Englewood  High  School,  Chicago;  Mor- 
gan Park  Academy  and  graduated  from  the  University  of  Chicago,  the  Chicago  College  of  Law  and  sub- 
sequently studied   at  the  law  school  of   Northwestern   University. 

He  was  clerk  of  the  United  States  circuit  court  for  the  Northern  District  of  Illinois  from  1902  to 
1907,  beginning  his  public  utility  career  in  1903  as  receiver  for  the  Chicago  Union  Traction  Company  and 
other  affiliated  street-railway  companies.  During  the  several  years  of  his  receivership  Mr.  Sampsell  took 
an  active  part  in  the  street-railway  negotiations  of  that  period  which  resulted  in  the  adoption  of  the  famous 
Chicago    traction    settlement    ordinances    of    1907. 

In  1910  Mr.  Sampsell  was  made  president  of  the  Central  Illinois  Public  Service  Company,  which  became 
a  Middle  West  Subsidiary  in  1912.  Since  that  time  the  company's  annual  gross  income  has  grown  from 
$155,000  to  $8,800,000  and  the  communities  served  from  three  to  235.  Practically  every  employe  is  a  stock- 
holder. 

Mr.  Sampsell  is  an  active,  resourceful  executive.  He  possesses  a  keen,  analytical  intelligence  and  is 
broadminded  enough  to  see  two  sides  to  a  question.     He  has  served  as  president  of  the  Illinois  Electric  Rail- 

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Walinger 

WILLIAM  SCHLAKE 

William  Schlake,  president  of  the  Illinois  Brick  Company,  president  of  the  Common  Brick  Manu- 
facturers Association  of  America,  president  of  the  Marshfield  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  was  born  at  York, 
Pennsylvania,  September  n,  1863,  the  son  of  Henry  and  Mary  Schlake.  He  attended  public  school, 
parochial   school  and  the  Lutheran   Seminary  at  Addison,  Illinois. 

From  1883  to  1890  Mr.  Schlake  taught  school.  In  the  last  named  year  he  began  the  manufacture  of 
bricks.  Ten  years  later  the  Illinois  Brick  Company  was  organized,  Mr.  Schlake's  company  was  merged 
with  it  and  he  was  elected  secretary  of  the  new  organization.     In   1909  he  was  elected  president. 

During  the  war  Mr.  Schlake  was  chairman  of  Chicago  Draft  Board  Number  52.  Among  present  di- 
rectorships is  that  in  the  Republic  Realty  Mortgage    Corporation. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Builders  Club,  the  Illinois  Athletic  Club,  the  Press  Club,  the  Ridgemoor  Coun- 
try Club,  and  the  executive  committee  of  the  Chicago   Association  of   Commerce. 

On  March  17,  1887,  Mr.  Schlake  was  married  to  Mary  Mueller  at  Chicago.  There  are  five  children, 
Elsa,  William,  Theodore,  Helen  and  Edwin. 

His  office  is    1717   Conway  Building,  and  his   residence  is   1600  Diversey  Parkway,  Chicago. 


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Lewis-Smith 

MARTIN  L.  STRAUS 

Martin  L.  Straus  is  president  of  the  Hartman  Corporation,  which,  with  its  subsidiaries,  is  the  largest 
retail  home  furnishing  organization  in  the  world.  The  subsidiaries — of  all  of  which  Mr.  Straus  is  presi- 
dent— are  as  follows :  The  Hartman  Furniture  and  Carpet  Company  of  Chicago,  which  operates  ten  stores ; 
the  Hartman  Furniture  and  Carpet  Company  of  Peoria,  Illinois;  the  Hartman  Furniture  and  Carpet  Com- 
pany of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  the  Hartman  Furniture  and  Carpet  Company  of  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin; 
the  Hartman  Furniture  and  Carpet  Company  of  Omaha,  Nebraska ;  the  Hartman  Furniture  and  Carpet 
Company  of  Minneapolis,  Minnesota;  the  American  Furniture  Company  of  Denver,  Colorado,  and  the 
C.  W.  Fischer  Furniture  Company  of  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin. 

Mr.  Straus  was  born  at  St.  Louis.  Missouri,  July  18,  1895,  the  son  of  Louis  and  Amanda  (Marks) 
Straus.  He  attended  public  schools,  Smith's  Academy,  St.  Louis;  Dartmouth  College,  and  the  University 
of  Illinois. 

After  leaving  school  he  entered  the  employ  of  H.  W.  Kastor  and  Sons,  advertising  agents,  as  a  clerk 
in  the  St.  Louis  office.  The  following  year  he  was  made  a  solicitor  for  the  firm  and  subsequently  was  put 
in  charge  of  the  research  department.     In   1919  he  was  appointed  assistant  manager  of  the  St.  Louis  office. 

Mr.  Straus  continued  with  H.  W.  Kastor  and  Sons  until  1920,  when  he  was  appointed  assistant  to  the 
president  of  the  Hartman  Corporation.  Later  he  was  appointed  vice-president  in  charge  of  sales  promo- 
tion and  in  1924  he  was  elected  president. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Northmoor  Club,  the  Standard  Club,  the  Century  Club  and  the  Masonic  Order. 
During  the  war  he  was  in  training  for  a  commission  in  the  air  service  of  the  United  States  Army,  but 
the  war  ended  before  his  training  was  completed. 

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THOMPSON    ROSS 
Thompson  Ross,  president  of  the  investment  banking  firm  that  bears  his  name,  was  born  at  Rens- 
selaer, Indiana,  August  21,  1887,  the  son  of  Frank  A.   and  Ora  T.  Ross.     He  attended  grammar  and  high 
schools  in  Rensselaer,  and  was  graduated  from  the  University  of  Wisconsin  with  the  degree  of  bachelor  of 
arts  in  1909. 

After  leaving  the  university,  Mr.  Ross  entered  the  employ  of  E.  H.  Rollins  and  Company,  investment 
bankers,  and  continued  there  for  six  years. 

He  then  associated  with  the  firm  that  ultimately  came  to  bear  his  name.  Thompson  Ross  and  Company 
underwrite  and  distribute  bonds  of  all  classes,  the  majority  of  their  underwritings,  however,  being  in  the 
public  utility  field. 

Mr.  Ross  is  a  director  of  the  Illinois  Public  Utility  Company,  the  Wisconsin  Public  Utility  Company, 
the  Eastern  Montana  Light  and  Power  Company  and  the  Minnesota  Electric  Light  and  Power  Company. 

Club  membershins  include :  The  University  Club,  the  Union  League  Club,  the  Mid-Day  Club,  the  South 
Shore  Country  Club,  the  Illinois  Athletic  Club,  the  North  Shore  Golf  Club,  the  Bond  Men's  Club,  the  Bank- 
ers Club  of  New  York  and  the  Chicago-Meredosia  Gun  Club. 

On  February  20,  1912,  he  was  married  to  Gertrude  Kennedy  at  Chicago.  There  are  two  sons,  Kennedy 
and  Jack  Ross. 

His  business  address  is  29  South  La  Salle  Street,  Chicago,  and  his  residence  is  Wilmette,  Illinois. 


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(QHarris  &  Ewinff,  Washington,  D.  C. 

WILLOUGHBY  GEORGE  WALLING 

Willoughby  George  Walling,  president  of  the  Chicago  Morris  Plan  Bank,  is  a  leader  in  civic  affairs. 
He  is  an  active  leader  in  the  National  Red  Cross  organization,  having  served  as  national  chairman  of  the 
American  Red  Cross  Influenza  Committee  in  1918  and  1919;  vice-chairman  of  the  National  American  Red 
Cross  in  1919  and  1920,  and  chairman  of  the  Red  Cross  delegation  to  the  League  of  Red  Cross  Societies 
in  1920.  He  is  also  president  of  the  Chicago  Council  of  Social  Agencies  and  a  director  of  the  National 
Information    Bureau. 

Mr.  Walling  was  born  at  Louisville,  Kentucky,  May  23,  1878,  the  son  of  Willoughby  and  Rosaline  (  Eng- 
lish) Walling.  In  1899  he  was  graduated  from  the  University  of  Chicago  with  the  degree  of  bachelor  of 
philosophy  and   from    1899  to   1901    he  attended   the   law    school    of    Harvard    University. 

Before  going  with  the  Chicago  Morris  Plan  Bank,  of  which  he  has  been  president  since  1921,  Mr. 
Walling  was  trust  officer  of  the  Central  Trust  Company  of  Illinois,  and  secretary  of  the  Western  Trust 
Company. 

He  has  served  as  a  director  of  the  Winnetka  State  Bank,  Winnetka,  Illinois;  the  Fletcher  Savings  and 
Trust  Company,  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  and  the  Chicago  Marmon  Company.  He  was  formerly  a  lieutenant 
in  the  Illinois  Naval  Reserve  and  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Harbor  Commission  in  1905. 
He  was  president  of  the  Morris   Plan   Bankers'   Association  in  1923-24. 

Mr.  Walling  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago,  University,  Quadrangle,  Industrial  and  Indian  Hill  Golf  Clubs 
of  Chicago,  and  the  University  Club  of  Indianapolis. 

On  December  25,  1902,  Mr.  Walling  was  married  to  Fredericka  C.  Haskell  at  Columbia,  South  Caro- 
lina. His  office  is  at  122  South  Michigan  Avenue,  Chicago,  and  his  residence  is  at  Huhhards  Woods, 
Illinois. 


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Lewis-Smith 

DAVID  O.  TRUE 
David  O.  True,  president  of  the  investment  banking  firm  of  True,  Webber  and  Company,  was  born  at 
Randolph,  Wisconsin,  November  15,  1885,  the  son  of  Edgar  C.  and  Margaret   (Owen)   True.     From  1900  to 

1904  he  attended  high  school  at  Portage,  Wisconsin;  in  1904  and  1905  he  attended  Wayland  Academy;  from 

1905  to  1909  Colgate  University,  and  from   1909  to  1911  the  University  of  Chicago. 

Prior  to  his  present  connection  he  was  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  McCagne,  True  and  Company  and 
subsequently  manager  of  the  bond  department  of  the  Chicago  office  of  Paine,  Webber  and  Company.  At 
present  he  also  is  secretary-treasurer  of  the  Clearwater  Timber  Holding  Company. 

Mr.  True  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League  Club,  the  Medinah  Country  Club,  the  Wisconsin  Society, 
Medinah  Temple    (Shrine)    and  the  St.  Bernard   Commandery,  Oriental  Consistory. 

On  May  6,  1911,  he  was  married  to  Emily  Crichton  at  Chicago,  Illinois. 

His  residence  is  at  34  South  Parkside  Avenue  and  his  office  "is  at  231   South  La  Salle  Street.  Chicago. 


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ELMER  A. 

Elmer  A.  Webber,  vice-president  and  treasurer  o 
Company,  was  born  at  Belvidere,  Illinois,  July  18,  18 
Webber,   and   attended   public  grammar  and  high   sch 

After  leaving  school  Mr.  Webber  entered  the  r 
years.  Subsequently  he  entered  the  bond  business  an 
he  founded  the  firm  of  True.  Webber  and  Company, 
moved  to  its  present  quarters  in  the  Illinois  Merchan 

Mr.  Webber  is  a  director  and  secretary  of  the  Un 
ton   Coal  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Hamilton  Club,  the  Midw 
Chicago  Association  of  Commerce  and  the  Masonic  O 

In  March,  1911,  Mr.  Webber  was  married  to  Ed 
South   La  Salle  Street  and   his  residence  is  832  Argy 


Lewis-Smith 

WEBBER 

f  the  investment  banking  firm  of  True,  Webber  and 
89,  the  son  of  Franklin  S.  and  Margaret  (Robinson) 
ools. 

eal  estate  business  and  continued  in  that  field  for  nine 
d  on  May  1,  1921,  in  association  with  David  O.  True, 
with  offices  in  the  Rookery  Building.     Later  the  firm 
ts  Bank  Building. 

iversal  Gypsum  Company  and  director  of  the  Brewer- 
ay  Athletic  Club,  Chicago  Town  and  Tennis  Club,  the 
rder. 

na  H.  Smith  at  Chicago.  His  business  address  is  231 
le  Street,  Chicago. 


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ROBERT   C.   WHEELER 

Mr.  Wheeler  deserted  law  for  the  brokerage  business,  but  has  become  one  of  the  best  known  men 
in    La    Salle    Street    since   the    formation    of   the    firm  of  Wheeler  &  Kenly  in  December,  1921. 

Robert  C.  Wheeler  was  born  in  Chicago  on  May  6,  1884,  and  received  his  early  education  in  pub- 
lic and  private  schools  here.  His  parents  were  Eugene  and  Eustacia  (Campbell)  Wheeler.  He  grad- 
uated   from   Yale   in    1907,   then    entered    Northwestern   Law   School,   from   which   he   graduated   in   1910. 

He  practiced  law  with  Peck,  Miller  &  Starr,  which  later  became  Miller,  Starr,  Packard  &  Peckham 
until  1914.  Then  he  decided  to  break  loose  and  opened  his  own  office  which  he  ran  successfully  until 
1921,  when  his  friends  prevailed  upon  him  to  enter  the  stock  and  grain  brokerage  business.  He  has 
secured  a  large  clientele  in  the  new  field.  He  is  also  a  director  and  vice-president  of  the  Greenduck 
Metal  Stamping  Company  and  a  director  of  the  Pueblo    Saving  and   Trust   Company,    Pueblo,    Colorado. 

On  October  27,  1908,  Mr.  Wheeler  married  Lydia  Thatcher  at  Pueblo,  Colorado.  They  have  two  chil- 
dren, Robert  T.  and  Winifred  Wheeler. 

Mr.  Wheeler  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Club,  University  Club,  Saddle  and  Cycle  Club,  Racquet 
Club  and  Exmoor  and  Barrington  Hills  Country  Clubs  of  Chicago  and  the  Yale  Club  of  New  York.  Busi- 
ness address:    208  South  La  Salle  Street.     Residence:     1447  Astor  Street. 


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John  Jacob  Arnold 


JOHN  JACOB  ARNOLD 
John  Jacob  Arnold,  president  of  the  Allied  State 
Securities  Corporation  and  formerly  in  the  service  of 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Chicago  for  twenty-eight 
years,  lecturer  and  writer  on  world  economics,  was 
born  at  Wallace,  Ontario,  Canada,  December  29, 
1870,  the  son  of  Adam  and  Elizabeth  (  Strieker) 
Arnold.  He  attended  the  country  grade  school  at 
Wallace.  Central  Commercial  College,  Stratford,  On- 
tario, and  studied  law  for  three  years  in  the  office  of 
Darling  &  Mabee  at   Listowell,   Ontario. 

Entering  the  employ  of  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Chicago,  Mr.  Arnold,  displaying  great  aptitude 
for  the  various  phases  of  banking  and  a  particular 
talent  for  the  problems  of  international  finance,  was 
promoted  by  successive  steps  until  in  1912  he  was 
elected  vice-president  in  charge  of  international  busi- 
ness and  foreign  exchange,  tie  continued  in  this 
position  until  1919.  Subsequently  lie  was  appointed 
supervisor  of  the  international  business  department 
of  the  Bank  of  Italy  with  its  many  branches  in 
California. 

Mr.  Arnold  is  a  former  vice-president  of  the  Chi- 
cago Association  of  Commerce,  former  head  of  its 
foreign  trade  division  and  is  a  former  chairman  of 
the  foreign  trade  committee  of  the  Illinois  Bankers 
Association.  He  was  a  member  of  the  committee 
on  foreign  relations  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
of  the  United  States  of  America  during  the  World 
War  and  a  member  of  the  permanent  committee  of 
twelve,  appointed  by  the  Conference  on  Foreign  Re- 
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ALFRED   LANDON    BAKER 

Lawyer,  councilman,  school  board  member,  banker 
and  broker  are  titles  which  at  one  time  or  another 
fitted  Alfred  L.  Baker,  senior  member  of  Alfred  L. 
Baker  &  Company,  stock  exchange  brokers,  with 
offices  in  the  Home  Insurance  Building,  Chicago. 

When  Mr.  Baker  decided  in  his  youth  what  course 
he  would  pursue  he  picked  out  the  law  field.  After 
being  graduated  from  the  Lynn  (Massachusetts) 
High  School  in  1876  he  studied  law  in  the  office  of 
George  W.  Smith,  at  Boston,  being  admitted  to  the 
Essex  County  bar  in  1881.  He  practiced  at  Lynn 
until  1886  as  a  member  of  Baldwin  &  Baker  and  in 
the  meantime  served  as  a  member  of  the  city  council 
and  the  school  board. 

Mr.  Baker  came  to  Chicago  in  1886,  forming  the 
firm  of  Baker  &  Greeley,  practicing  until  1895  when 
he  deserted  the  law  field  to  enter  the  banking  and 
brokerage  business  under  the  firm  name  of  Alfred 
L.  Baker  &  Company.  He  served  as  vice-president 
of  the  National  City  Bank  from  1907  to  1921  ;  was 
president  of  the  trustees  of  the  Lake  Forest  Uni- 
versity in  1906  and  igo7,  and  is  trustee  and  treasurer 
of  the  Chicago  Bureau  of  Public  Efficiency.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Chicago  Stock  Exchange,  serving  as 
its  president  for  three  years,  and  also  belongs  to 
the  Chicago  Board  of  Trade  and  New  York  Stock 
Exchange. 

Mr.  Baker  was  born  in  Nova  Scotia,  April  30, 
1859,  at  a  time  when  his  parents,  Addison  and  Maria 
(Mudge)  Baker,  citizens  of  Boston,  were  visiting 
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RUDOLPH  GEORGE  HENNING 

Rudolph  George  Henning,  vice-president  of  the 
international  banking  firm  of  Blair  and  Company, 
was  born  at  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  October  30,  1886, 
the  son  of  Charles  and  Helen  (Reimers)  Henning, 
and  attended  public  schools. 

Practically  his  entire  business  career  has  been 
spent  with  two  firms,  twenty  years  with  William 
Salomon  and  Company  and  Blair  and  Company  be- 
ing Mr.   Henning's  record. 

During  the  war  he  was  a  second  lieutenant  in  the 
United  States  Army,  and  was  in  service  for  thirteen 
months. 

Club  memberships  include :  The  Mid-Day  Club, 
the  Attic  and  the  Lake  Placid  Club. 

On  July  30,  1919,  Mr.  Henning  was  married  to 
Yvonne  de  Ojeida  at  San  Francisco,  California. 
There  are  no  children. 

His  business  address  is  231  South  La  Salle  Street 
and  his  residence  is  900  Lake  Shore  Drive,  Chicago. 


Rudolph  George  Henning 


WILLIAM  ROBERT  JOHNSTON 

William  Robert  Johnston  is  vice-president  of  the 
international  banking  house  of  Blair  and  Company. 
Like  R.  G.  Henning  he  has  had  practically  twenty 
years  service  with  the  one  concern,  having  been  with 
William  Salomon  and  Company  before  that  organiza- 
tion was  merged  with  Blair  and  Company. 

Born  at  Chicago,  December  23,  1880,  the  son  of 
John  W.  and  Julia  (Durant)  Johnston,  the  subject 
of  this  biography  attended  Chicago  public  schools,  St. 
Charles  High  School,  St.  Charles,  Illinois ;  Oak  Park 
High  School,  Wheaton  Academy  and  Cornell  Uni- 
versity, graduating  from  the  latter  institution  in 
1904  with  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  arts. 

After  leaving  Cornell  Mr.  Johnston  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  C.  H.  Stoelting  and  Company,  manufacturers 
of  laboratory  supplies,  remaining  there  one  year 
and  leaving  to  enter  the  employ  of  William  Salomon 
and  Company. 

Mr.  Johnston  is  a  director  of  the  MacWhyte  Com- 
pany of  Kenosha,  Wisconsin,  manufacturers  of  wire 
rope.  Club  memberships  include :  The  University 
Club,  the  Mid-Day  Club,  the  Attic,  the  Naperville 
Country  Club  and  the  Beta  Theta  Pi  Club.  At 
Cornell  he  was  a  member  of  the  Beta  Theta  Pi 
Fraternity. 

On  June  20,  1907,  Mr.  Johnston  was  married  to 
Suzanne  Goodwin  at  "Heatherton  Farms,"  Naperville, 
Illinois.  There  are  two  children,  Goodwin  and  Wil- 
liam Robert  Johnston  II.  His  business  address  is 
231  South  La  Salle  Street,  Chicago,  and  his  residence 
is   "Heatherton    Farms,"   Naperville,    Illinois. 


William  Robert  Johnston 


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PHILIP  DEE  BLOCK 

Philip  Dee  Block,  whom  Illinois  can  not  claim  as 
a  native  but  who  has  been  an  important  figure  in 
the  development  of  the  steel  industry  in  the  Chi- 
cago district,  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  February 
16,  1871,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Rose  (Colin)  Block. 
He  received  his  preparatory  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  city,  graduating  from  the 
Hughes  High  School  in  1888.  His  real  training  was 
received  in  the  field  of  his  life's  activities;  the  steel 
mills. 

Mr.  Block's  success  in  the  steel  industry  is  portrayed 
in  one  of  the  largest  and  most  complete  producing 
units  of  the  middle-west  steel  district,  the  Inland 
Steel  Works  at  Indiana  Harbor.  He  is  president 
of  this  company  as  well  as  its  associated  companies, 
the  Inland  Colleries  Company  and  the  Inland  Steam- 
ship Company.  He  is  vice-president  of  the  Orewell 
Iron  Company  and  the  Chicago,  Wilmington  & 
Franklin  Mining  Company  and  a  director  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Chicago 

Mr.  Block  married  Celia  Leopold  in  Chicago,  June 
1,  1899.  He  has  two  children,  Madeline  Block  Straus 
and  Philip  B.  Block.  Jr.  His  business  address  is 
room  1 105  First  National  Bank  Building  and  his 
residence  the  Drake  Hotel. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Lake  Shore  Country  Club, 
the  Down  Town  Club,  the  Standard  Club  and  the 
Mid-Day  Club. 


Steffens 


Philip  Dee  Block 


LEOPOLD  E.  BLOCK 

Leopold  E.  Block,  chairman  of  the  board  of  the 
Inland  Steel  Company,  was  born  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
January  13,  1869,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Rose  (Colin) 
Block,  and  attended  public  schools  at  Cincinnati. 

Mr.  Block  is  a  director  of  the  Inland  Steel  Com- 
pany, the  Buffalo  Steel  Company,  the  Inland  Steam- 
ship Company,  the  C.  W.  &  F.  Coal  Company  and  the 
American   Iron   and   Steel   Institute. 

Club  memberships  include:  The  Lake  Shore  Coun- 
try Club,  the  Standard  Club,  the  Ravisloe  Country 
Club,  the  Down  Town  Club  and  the  Mid-Day  Club. 

On  June  20,  iooo,  be  was  married  to  Cora  Bloom 
at  Chicago.  There  are  four  children,  Joseph  L., 
Leigh   B.,   Babette  R.  and  Eleanor  J.  Block. 

His  business  address  is  1105  First  National  Bank 
Building  and  his  residence  is  357  Fullerton  Parkway, 
Chicago. 


Leopold   E.   Block 


Pai/r  One  Hundred  and  Forty-three 


Blank  &  Stoller 

Edward  Eagle  Brown 


EDWARD  EAGLE  BROWN 

Edward  Eagle  Brown,  vice-president  and  general 
counsel  of  the  First  National  Bank,  was  born  at 
Chicago.  June  4,  1885,  the  son  of  Edward  Osgood 
and  Helen  Gertrude  (Eagle)  Brown.  He  received 
his  A.B.  from  Harvard  University  in  1905  and  his 
bachelor  of  laws  degree  from  Harvard  Law  School 
in  1908. 

From  1908  to  1910  he  was  in  the  general  practice 
of  the  law  in  Chicago  and  in  the  last  named  year 
was  appointed  attorney  for  the  First  National  Bank, 
continuing  in  that  capacity  until  1922  when  he  was 
elected  a  vice-president  of  the  bank  and  appointed 
its  general  counsel. 

Mr.  Brown  is  a  director  of  the  First  National 
Bank;  is  vice-president  and  director  of  the  First 
National  Investment  Company  of  Chicago ;  is  general 
counsel  and  a  director  of  the  First  Trust  and  Sav- 
ings Bank  of  Chicago ;  vice-president  and  director 
of  the  First  National  Safe  Deposit  Company;  vice- 
president  and  director  of  the  First  Trust  Joint  Stock 
Land  Bank  of  Chicago,  and  vice-president  and 
director  of  the  First  Trust  Joint  Stock  Land  Bank 
of  Dallas,  Texas.  He  is  also  counsel  for  the  Chi- 
cago Clearing  House  Association. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  University,  Mid-Day,  Union 
League  and  City  Clubs  of  Chicago,  and  the  Harvard 
Club  of  New  York. 

On  September  15,  1913,  Mr.  Brown  was  married 
to  Phyllis  Marian  Wyatt  at  Chicago.  His  business 
address  is  the  First  National  Bank  and  his  residence 
is   at  229  Lake   Shore   Drive,   Chicago. 


CLARENCE  AUGUSTUS  BURLEY 

Clarence  Augustus  Burley,  prominent  Chicago  attorney,  was  born  at  Chicago,  October  10,  1849,  the 
son  of  Augustus  H.  and  Anna  Maria  (Force)  Burley.  He  attended  Amherst  College,  Amherst,  Mas- 
sachusetts  and   received   his   law    degree    from    the   Union   College  of   Law,    Chicago,   in   1876. 

In  the  same  year  he  was  admitted  to  the  Illinois  bar  and  in  1897  he  associated  with  William  H.  Mc- 
Surely  and  established  the  firm  of  Burley  and  McSurely,  which  was  dissolved  on  the  election  of  Mr. 
McSurely  as  judge  of  the  superior  court. 

Mr.  Burley  is  a  director  of  the  Illinois  Merchants  Trust  Company,  a  trustee  of  the  Orchestral.  Asso- 
ciation and  was  president  of  the  Chicago  Historical  Society  for  eleven  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Chi- 
cago Club,  the  University  Club,  the  Union  League  Club,  the  Cliff  Dwellers,  the  Chicago  Literary  Club 
and  the  Caxton  Club. 

On  November  11,  1876,  he  was  married  to  Avis  H.  Blodgett  (now  deceased)  of  Waukegan,  Illinois, 
and  on  March  17,  1913,  he  was  married  to  Mary  E.   Blodgett. 

Mr.   Burley's  office   is   at  79  West   Monroe  Street,  Chicago,  and  his  home  is  at  Winnetka,  Illinois. 


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Edward  Jackson  Brundage 


Gibson 


EDWARD  JACKSON    BRUNDAGE 

Edward  Jackson  Brundage,  one  of  the  three  re- 
ceivers of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul 
Railroad,  former  attorney  general  of  the  State  of 
Illinois,  was  born  at  Campbell,  New  York,  May  13, 
1869,  the  .sun  of  Victor  and  Maria  L.  (Armstrong) 
Brundage. 

He  attended  public  schools  at  Campbell  and  De- 
troit, Michigan,  worked  for  a  time  in  railroad  shops 
in  the  last  named  city  and  then  came  to  Chicago 
where  he  was  admitted  to  practice  law  in  the  state 
in  1892.  In  1893  Ik-  received  the  degree  of  bacheloi 
of  laws  from  the  Chicago  College  of  Law. 

Mr.  Brundage  was  a  member  of  the  Illinois  House 
of  Representatives  from  1899  to  1903.  In  1905  and 
1907  he  was  president  of  the  Board  of  County  Com- 
missioners of  Cook  County.  From  1907  to  191 1  he 
was  corporation  counsel  for  the  City  of  Chicago. 
From  1915  to  1917  he  was  judge  of  the  Illinois  Court 
of  Claims  and  from  1917  to  1925  he  was  attorney 
general  of  the  State  of  Illinois.  When  a  receiver- 
ship was  asked  for  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St. 
Paul  Railroad  in  1925  he  was  one  of  the  three  named. 

In  1901  he  was  vice-president  for  Illinois  of  the 
Pan-American  Exposition  at  Buffalo,  New  York. 

Mr.  Brundage  is  a  member  of  the  American  Bar 
Association,  the  Illinois  Bar  Association  and  the 
Chicago  Bar  Association,  a  Thirty-Third  Degree 
Mason  and  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Athletic  Club, 
the  University  Club,  the  Industrial  Club,  all  of  Chi- 
cago, and  the  Illinois  Country  Club  of  Springfield, 
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RUSH  CLARK  BUTLER 

Rush  Clark  Butler,  one  of  Chicago's  most  prom- 
inent attorneys,  senior  member  of  the  law  firm  of 
Butler,  Lamb,  Foster  and  Pope,  was  born  at  North- 
wood,  Iowa,  August  27,  1871,  the  son  of  Lindley 
Schooley  and  Julia  (Pickering)  Butler.  He  at- 
tended grammar  and  high  school  at  Northwood  and 
graduated  from  the  University  of  Iowa  in  1893  with 
the  degree  of  bachelor  of  philosophy.  In  1894  he 
was  admitted  to  the  practice  of  law. 

On  July  1,  1899,  he  organized  with  the  late  Eldon 
J.  Cassoday  the  law  firm  of  Cassoday  &  Butler, 
which  was  dissolved  on  June  18,  1910,  on  the  death 
of  Air.  Cassoday.  The  present  firm  of  fourteen 
partners  is  a  continuation  of  the  old  one. 

Among  the  outstanding  events  of  Mr.  Butler's 
legal  career  are  his  retention  by  the  Interstate  Com- 
merce Commission  from  1908  to  1914  to  represent 
the  public  interest  in  the  investigation  of  relations 
between  coal  carrying  railroads  and  coal  operators 
under  the  Tillman-Gillespie  joint  Congressional  reso- 
lution; and  his  service  as  general  counsel  for  the 
National  War  Savings  Committee  at  Washington  in 
1917  and  1918. 

Mr.  Butler  is  a  director  of  the  Peoples  Trust  and 
Savings  Bank  and  the  Sefton  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany. 

He  takes  an  active  part  in  affairs  of  civic  and  gen- 
eral industrial  welfare,  being  president  of  the  In- 
dustrial Club  of  Chicago:  vice-president  of  the  Illi- 
nois State  Bar  Association ;  vice-president  and  a  di- 
scontinued on  Page  171) 


Chambers 


Rush  Clark  Butler 


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Hosteller 


Edward  David  Chassell 


EDWARD  DAVID  CHASSELL 

Edward  David  Chassell,  secretary-treasurer  of  the 
Farm  Mortgage  Bankers  Association  of  America,  the 
membership  of  which  loans  more  money  to  farmers 
than  any  other  organization  in  the  world ;  former 
teacher,  newspaper  editor,  legislator  and  Iowa  rail- 
road commissioner,  was  born  at  Holland  Patent, 
Oneida  County,  New  York,  May  25,  1858,  the  son 
of  William  and  Frances  A.  (Jones)  Chassell,  and 
spent  his  boyhood  on  a  pioneer  Iowa  farm  near 
Iowa  Falls. 

At  the  age  of  nineteen,  he  began  teaching  in  the 
public  schools  and  from  1879  to  1882  was  a  student 
in  the  Iowa  State  Teachers  College.  Subsequently 
he  was  editor  and  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the 
Osage  News,  Osage,  Iowa ;  editor  and  one  of  the 
proprietors  of  the  Sentinel,  LeMars,  Iowa,  and  con- 
ducted a  blank  book  binding  and  general  printing 
business  at  LeMars. 

Mr.  Chassell  represented  the  LeMars  district  in 
the  Iowa  House  of  Representatives  for  three  terms. 
He  was  state  binder  with  office  at  Des  Moines  from 
1907  to  1913,  and  a  member  of  the  Iowa  Board  of 
Railroad  Commissioners  in  1916  and  1917.  In  1917 
he  was  elected  secretary-treasurer  of  the  Farm  Mort- 
gage Bankers  Association  of  America. 

Mr.  Chassell  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  a 
member  of  the  Des  Moines  Consistory,  Scottish  Rite 
Masons ;  Plymouth  Commandery,  Knights  Templar, 
LeMars ;  and  Elkahir  Shrine,  Cedar  Falls,  Iowa ;  a 
member  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  and 
(Continued  on  Page  171) 


JOSEPH  PENN  CAROLAN 

Joseph  Penn  Carolan,  president  of  the  insurance 
firm  of  .Carolan,  Graham,  Hoffman,  Incorporated, 
was  born  at  Chicago,  February  13,  1892,  the  son  of 
Joseph  and  Fannie  (Drake)  Carolan.  He  attended 
grammar  school,  high  school  and  Dartmouth  College 
for  three  years,  leaving  college  to  enlist  for  service 
in  the  World  War. 

As  a  member  of  Base  Hospital  Unit  No.  13,  Mr. 
Carolan  served  in  various  places  in  France,  the 
hospital  unit  finally  establishing  permanent  head- 
quarters at  Limoges.  He  enlisted  as  a  private  and 
later  earned  the   rank  of   lieutenant. 

Returning  from  France,  Mr.  Carolan,  in  associa- 
tion with  the  late  John  C.  Cannon  and  Charles 
Ringer,  founded  the  insurance  firm  of  Cannon,  Caro- 
lan, Ringer,  Incorporated,  which  was  dissolved  on  the 
death  of  Mr.  Cannon  and  succeeded  by  the  present 
firm. 

He  is  also  president  of  the  Carolan  Loan  and 
Mortgage  Company  and  is  a  director  of  the  Com- 
munity Publishing  Company,  which  publishes  weekly 
papers  in  seven  Chicago  suburban  communities,  in- 
cluding the  Oak  Parker,  the  Forest  Parker,  the  May- 
woodian  and  the  Park  Ridge  Herald. 

Club  memberships  include  the  Lake  Shore  Athletic 
Club  of  Chicago. 

In  1919,  Mr.  Carolan  was  married  to  Virginia 
Martin  at  Chicago.  There  is  one  son,  Joseph  Penn 
Carolan,  Jr.  Mr.  Cardan's  business  address  is  11 1 
West  Washington  Street,  Chicago;  his  residence  is 
264  Thatcher  Avenue,  River  Forest,  Illinois. 


Joseph   Penn   Carolan 


Moffctt 


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J.  Clarke  Dean 


Blank  if-  Stoller 


J.  CLARKE  DEAN 

J.  Clarke  Dean,  one  of  the  outstanding  figures  of 
La  Salle  Street,  has  risen  in  eighteen  years  to  a  posi- 
tion of  prominence  in  the  financial  world  and  now 
heads  his  own  firm,  the  brokerage  house  of  Dean, 
Onativia  &  Company  with  two  offices  in  Chicago, 
four  in  New  York  and  one  each  in  Washington, 
District  of  Columbia,  and   Plainfield,  New  Jersey. 

He  was  horn  March  [3,  [873,  the  son  of  Thomas 
A.  and  Anna  R.  (Horton)  Dean,  and  was  educated 
at  Rockford  High  School  and  Bryant  &  Stratton 
Business  College  of  Chicago. 

His  entrance  into  the  Chicago  business  world  was 
with  the  Chicago  Title  &  Trust  Company  as  man- 
ager of  the  Real  Estate  Department.  In  1906  he 
became  a  partner  in  the  brokerage  firm  of  S.  B. 
Chapin  &  Company.  In  1922  he  started  his  own 
firm  under  the  present  name.  He  is  a  governor  of 
the  Chicago  Stock  Exchange  and  member  of  the 
New   York   Cotton    Exchange. 

Mr.  Dean  is  a  member  of  the  Congressional  Coun- 
try Club,  Washington,  District  of  Columbia ;  New 
York  Stock  Exchange  Club,  New  York ;  Racquet 
Club  of  Chicago ;  Chicago  Athletic  Association ; 
South  Shore  Country  Club;  Mid-Day  Club;  Midlo- 
thian Country  Club;  Barrington  Country  Club,  and 
the  Lake  Shore  Club. 

He  resides  with  his  wife,  formerly  Alice  Harger, 
whom  he  married  in  Chicago,  September  22,  1923,  at 
233  East  Walton  Place.  Chicago.  He  has  two  children, 
Mrs.  Frances  D.  Payne  and  Clarke  Dean.  His  busi- 
ness address  is  208  South  La  Salle  Street,  Chicago. 


CHARLES  DONALD  DALLAS 

Charles  Donald  Dallas,  president  of  the  Dallas 
Brass  and  Copper  Company  of  Chicago,  was  born 
at  Hamilton,  Canada,  October  24,  1881,  the  son  of 
Andrew  Chisholm  and  Lucy   (Flack)    Dallas. 

After  attending  Armour  Scientific  Academy,  he 
entered  the  employ,  in  1903,  of  the  American  Brass 
Company  as  a  salesman  and  remained  there  four 
years,  at  the  end  of  which  time,  in  association  with 
his  father,  he  organized  the  Dallas  Brass  and  Copper 
Company,  of  which  he  became  secretary-treasurer. 
In  1915  he  was  elected  to  the  presidency  of  the  com- 
pany. 

Air.  Dallas  takes  an  active  part  in  affairs  of  social 
welfare,  being  a  director  of  the  Hadley  School  for 
the  Blind  and  of  Association  House,  the  latter 
specializing  in  welfare  work  among  boys  of  the 
poorer  classes.  He  is  also  a  vestryman  of  Christ 
Church,  Winnetka,  Illinois. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of 
the  United  States  and  of  the  following  clubs :  The 
Chicago  Athletic  Association,  the  Indian  Hill  Coun- 
try Club,  the  Royal  Canadian  Yacht  Club,  the  Com- 
monwealth  Club  and  the  Detroit  Athletic   Club. 

I  luring  the  war  he  was  a  sergeant  in  the  reserve 
militia. 

On  October  30.  1909,  Mr.  Dallas  was  married  to 
Harriet  Hughes  at  Chicago.  There  are  three  chil- 
dren, Hughes,  Harriet  Louise  and  Mary  Walford 
Dallas.  His  business  address  is  820  Orleans  Street, 
Chicago,  and  his  residence  is  11 24  Pine  Street,  Win- 
netka, Illinois. 


Charles  Donald  Dallas 


Moffett 


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©Harris  &  Ewing 

Joseph  Holton  Defrees 


JOSEPH    HOLTON    DEFREES 

Joseph  Holton  Defrees,  one  of  Chicago's  foremost 
attorneys,  senior  partner  in  the  law  firm  of  Defrees, 
Buckingham  and  Eaton,  was  born  at  Goshen,  Indiana, 
April  10,  1858,  the  son  of  James  M.  and  Victoria 
(Holton)    Defrees. 

After  attending  Earlham  College,  Richmond,  In- 
diana, and  Northwestern  University.  Evanston,  Illi- 
nois, Mr.  Defrees  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Goshen 
in  association  with  John  H.  Baker,  subsequently  Fed- 
eral judge  for  the  District  of  Indiana,  Joseph  A.  S. 
Mitchell,  subsequently  a  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  Indiana,  and  Francis  E.  Baker,  subsequently  pre- 
siding judge  of  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  of 
Appeals. 

In  1888  Mr.  Defrees  came  to  Chicago  and  with 
Charles  H.  Aldricn  and  John  Barton  Payne  founded 
the  law  firm  of  Aldrich,  Payne  and  Defrees,  which 
was  succeeded  by  the  firm  of  Defrees,  Brace  and 
Ritter,  which  in  turn  was  succeeded  by  the  firm  of 
Defrees,  Buckingham  and  Eaton.  Since  coming  to 
Chicago  in  1888,  he  has  specialized  in  the  practice 
of  corporation  law. 

From  1909  to  191 1  he  was  president  of  the  Chicago 
Bar  Association  and  in  1910  he  was  president  of  the 
Illinois  State  Bar  Association.  He  has  been  deco- 
rated a  Chevalier  of  the  Legion  of  Honor  by  the 
French  Government. 

Mr.  Defrees'  interest  in  civic  and  industrial  affairs 
is  attested  by  the  fact  that  in  1912-13-14  he  was 
vice-president  of  the  Civic  Federation ;  in  1912  and 
(Continued  on  Page  171) 


FRANK  MALCOLM  GORDON 

Frank  Malcolm  Gordon,  vice-president  of  the  First 
Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  vice-president  of  the  First 
National  Bank,  has  been  thirty-two  years  in  the  serv- 
ice of  the  organizations  of  which  he  is  now  an 
executive. 

Born  in  Birmingham,  England,  November  22,  1876, 
the  son  of  Hugh  Benjamin  and  Clara  (Walsh) 
Gordon,  the  subject  of  this  biography  attended  com- 
mon schools  and  business  college  in  Chicago. 

On  October  13,  1892,  he  entered  the  employ  of 
the  First  National  Bank  as  a  messenger.  After 
serving  in  various  capacities  he  was  transferred  to 
the  First  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  in  December,  1904, 
upon  the  organization  of  that  institution.  In  1909 
he  was  appointed  assistant  manager  of  the  bond  de- 
partment and  in  1913  he  was  appointed  manager. 
In  1916  he  was  elected  vice-president  and  in  January, 
1925,  he  was  elected  vice-president  of  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank. 

Mr.  Gordon  is  secretary  of  the  First  National  In- 
vestment Company ;  vice-president  of  the  First  Trust 
Joint  Stock  Land  Bank  of  Chicago ;  vice-president 
of  the  First  Trust  Joint  Stock  Land  Bank  of  Dallas, 
Texas,  and  is  a  director  of  all  three  institutions. 

Club  memberships  include :  The  Chicago  Athletic 
Club,  the  South  Shore  Country  Club,  the  Bankers 
Club,  the  Bond  Men's  Club  and  the  Mid-Day  Club. 
Memberships  in  Masonic  organizations  include  the 
Knight  Templars  and  the  Shrine. 

On  November  22,  1910,  Mr.  Gordon  was  married 
(Continued  on  Page  171) 


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Frank  Malcolm  Gordon 


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©fernand  de  Gueldre 

Benedict  K.  Goodman 


BENEDICT  K.  GOODMAN 

Benedict  K.  Goodman  is  president  of  the  invest- 
ment banking  firm  of  B.  K.  Goodman  and  Company 
and  is  a  co-organizer  and  financier  of  the  $17,000,000 
Chicago  Produce  District,  the  latter  housing  the 
second  most  important  industry  in  Chicago,  whirl) 
does  an  annual  business  of  $500,000,000,  and  which 
is  as  unique  in  its  way  as  the  Chicago  Union  Stock 
Yards. 

For  a  number  of  years  the  business  of  Chicago's 
produce  merchants  was  conducted  on  South  Water 
Street,  where  the  various  firms  had  clustered  because 
of  the  advantages  of  proximity  and  availability  to 
lake  transport.  South  Water  Street,  however,  was 
included  as  a  river  drive  in  the  Chicago  Plan  and 
it  became  necessary  for  the  two  hundred  merchants 
clustered  there  to  find  other  quarters. 

Perceiving  the  double  opportunity,  Mr.  Goodman, 
with  his  associate,  planned  and  carried  through  the 
Chicago  Produce  District,  a  gigantic  concrete  struc- 
ture that  houses  166  produce  commission  merchants 
and  where  ninety-five  per  cent,  of  the  produce  busi- 
ness of  the  Chicago  and  contributing  territory  is 
carried  on.  This  district  handles  approximately 
200,000  carloads  of  produce  annually,  and  it  is  easy 
to  foresee  that  this  enterprise,  as  it  becomes  more 
generally  known,  will  attract  hundreds  of  visitors 
daily,  as  a  tribute  to  its  uniqueness  and  the  import- 
ant part  it  plays  in  the  economic  life  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Goodman  was  born  at  Chicago,  May  3,  1891, 
the  son  of  David  and  Feige  (Goldberg)  Goodman. 
(Continued  on  Page  171) 


DANIEL  V.  HARKIN 

Daniel  V.  Harkin,  president  of  the  Union  Bank  of  Chicago,  chairman  of  the  board  of  the  North  Center 
Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  president  of  the  Service  State  Bank,  was  born  at  Chicago,  February  14,  1876, 
the  son  of  John  and  Mary  (  Hennessey)  Harkin.  He  attended  public  grammar  and  high  schools  at  Chi- 
cago, Bryant  and  Stratton  Business  College  and  graduated  from  the  law  school  of  Northwestern  University 
in   1897. 

After  leaving  school,  Mr.  Harkin  practiced  law  in  Chicago.  In  1899  he  was  elected  to  the  state  legis- 
lature and  from  1903  to  1907  he  was  a  member  of  the  City  Council  of  Chicago.  In  1912  he  was  ap- 
pointed chief  state  bank  examiner  for  Chicago  and  Cook  County,  continuing  in  this  office  until  1915,  when 
he  was  appointed  national  bank  examiner.  From  191 5  he  served  in  that  capacity  in  New  York  and  Chi- 
cago  until    1920.   when   he   was  elected   president   of   the  Union  Bank  of   Chicago. 

Mr.   Harkin   is  a  member  of  the  Bankers'  Club,  the  Chicago  Athletic  Association  and  the  Swedish  Club. 

On  April  23,  1919,  be  was  married  to  Marguerite  Hertz  at  Chicago.  There  are  two  children,  Daniel 
V.  Harkin,  Jr.,  and   Margaret   Mary  Harkin. 

His  business  address  is  25  North  Dearborn  Street,  Chicago,  and  his  residence  is  380  Washington  Ave- 
nue, Glencoe,  Illinois. 


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iURT   Cheever   Hardenbrook 


BURT  CHEEVER  HARDENBROOK 

Thirty-five  years  with  a  single  institution — from 
office  boy  to  vice-president,  is  the  record  of  Burt 
Cheever  Hardenbrook,  vice-president  of  the  First 
Trust  and  Savings  Bank  of  Chicago. 

Mr.  Hardenbrook  was  born  at  Chicago,  November 
I,  1876,  the  son  of  George  S.  and  Maria  O.  (Cheever) 
Hardenbrook.  He  attended  grammar  school  at  Chi- 
cago until  he  was  thirteen  years  of  age  and  then 
entered  the  employ  of  the  First  National  Bank  as 
one  of  the  three  office  boys  employed  by  the  bank  at 
the  time. 

Six  years  later  he  was  transferred  to  the  legal  de- 
partment and  while  in  that  department  he  attended 
Chicago  College  of  Law  at  night,  graduating  in  1899 
with  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  laws. 

In  1902,  Mr.  Hardenbrook  was  transferred  to  the 
bond  department,  serving  in  the  capacity  of  a  clerk, 
and  in  1903  when  the  First  Trust  and  Savings  Bank 
was  organized  to  handle  the  bond,  trust  and  savings 
business  of  the  First  National  Bank,  Mr.  Harden- 
brook was  transferred  to  the  newly  formed  institu- 
tion. 

In  1906,  Mr.  Hardenbrook  was  appointed  manager 
of  the  bond  department,  in  1913  he  was  appointed 
cashier  of  the  First  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  and  in 
1916  he  was  elected  vice-president. 

He  is   a   vice-president   and   director   of   the   First 

National  Investment  Company  and   is   secretary  and 

director  of  the  First  Trust  Joint  Stock  Land  Bank 

of   Chicago   and   the   First   Trust  Joint    Stock   Land 

(Continued  on  Page  172) 


WILLIAM  AMES  HEATH 

William  Ames  Heath,  chairman  of  the  board  and 
federal  reserve  agent  of  the  Federal  Reserve  Bank 
of  Chicago,  was  born  in  Sullivan  County,  Indiana, 
June  29,  1862,  the  son  of  Nathaniel  P.  and  Cynthia 
(Burnett)  Heath.  He  attended  public  schools  and 
in  1883  graduated  from  the  University  of  Illinois 
with  a  degree  of  bachelor  of  laws. 

In  the  same  year  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Champaign  National  Bank  of  Champaign,  Illinois, 
as  a  messenger,  and  continued  in  the  service  of  that 
institution  for  nineteen  years,  rising  to  the  position 
of  cashier. 

From  1902  to  1904  Mr.  Heath  was  state  bank  ex- 
aminer for  Illinois  and  from  1904  to  1910  he  was 
vice-president  of  the  Hibernian  Banking  Associa- 
tion. From  January,  1910,  to  January  1,  1917,  he 
was  president  of  the  Live  Stock  Exchange  National 
Bank  and  on  the  last  named  date  he  became  chair- 
man of  the  board  and  federal  agent  of  the  Federal 
Reserve   Bank  of  Chicago. 

From  1889  to  1891  Mr.  Heath  was  city  treasurer 
of  Champaign  and  from  1890  to  1902  he  was  treas- 
urer of  the  Champaign  schools.  In  1901  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Illinois  Commission  to  the  Buffalo 
Exposition  and  in  1892  and  in  1904  he  was  a  delegate 
to  the  Republican  State  Conventions. 

On  June  17,  1890,  Mr.  Heath  was  married  to  Clara 
Owens,  who  died  December  10,  1904.  There  are 
three  children,  Nathaniel  P.  Heath,  William  O. 
Heath  and  Florence  B.  Heath. 

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JAMES  MACHENRY  HOPKINS 

James  MacHenry  Hopkins,  chairman  of  the  board 
of  the  Camel  Company,  manufacturers  of  railway 
supplies,  was  born  at  Xenia,  Ohio,  July  24,  1866, 
the  son  of  Finley  Glasgow  and  Ray  (MacHenry) 
Hopkins,  and  attended  public  grammar  and  high 
schools   at   Xenia. 

Mr.  Hopkins  entered  the  railway  supply  business  in 
1885  as  an  employe  of  the  Barney  and  Smith  Car 
Company  at  Dayton,  Ohio.  He  remained  there  until 
1897  when  he  came  to  Chicago  and  organized  the 
Camel  Company.  In  1906  he  organized  the  Ryan 
Car  Company  which  he  operated  until  1924  when  it 
was  sold  to  hanking  interests,  lie  is  a  director  of  the 
Central  Trust  Company  of  Illinois. 

Mr.  Hopkins  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Club, 
the  Racquet  Club,  the  Onwentsia  Club,  the  Shore- 
acres  Club,  the  Old  Elm  Club  and  the  Masonic  Order. 
He  is  a  life  member  of  the  Field  Museum  of  Chicago, 
a  sustaining  life  member  of  the  Chicago  Historical 
Society  and  a  life  member  of  the  Art  Institute  of 
Chicago. 

He  was  married  to  Anna  Farley,  now  deceased, 
and  is  the  father  of  two  sons,  Farley  Hopkins  and 
James   MacHenry  Hopkins,   Jr. 

His  business  address  is  332  South  Michigan  Ave- 
nue and  his  residence  is   181    Lake   Shore  Drive. 


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SAMUEL  GARBER  LUTZ 

Samuel  Garber  Lutz,  vice-president  in  charge  of 
traffic  for  the  Chicago  &  Alton  Railroad  and  one 
of  the  best  known  transportation  officials  in  the 
Middle  West,  was  born  at  Maryland,  Illinois,  the  son 
of  John  M.  and  Sara  (Garber)  Lutz.  He  attended 
public  grammar  schools,  State  Center  High  School, 
State  Center,  Iowa ;  Albion  Seminary,  Albion,  Iowa, 
and  graduated  from  Western  College,  Toledo,  Iowa. 

Mr.  Lutz  commenced  railroading  in  1890  in  the 
freight  traffic  department  of  the  Iowa  Central  Rail- 
road at  Marshalltown,  Iowa.  Four  years  later  he 
was  appointed  chief  clerk  of  the  department  and  in 
1897  he  was  appointed  assistant  general  freight  agent, 
with  headquarters  at  Peoria,  Illinois. 

In  1904  Mr.  Lutz  was  appointed  assistant  general 
freight  agent  for  the  Minneapolis  and  St.  Louis 
Railroad,  and  continued  in  that  position  until  De- 
cember 16,  1908,  when  he  became  freight  traffic  man- 
ager for  both  the  Minneapolis  &  St.  Louis  and  the 
Iowa  Central  Railroads,  with  headquarters  at  Minne- 
apolis. 

Less  than  a  year  later  he  was  called  to  Chicago  to 
become  general  freight  agent  for  the  Chicago  & 
Alton;  the  Toledo,  St.  Louis  &  Western;  the  Minne- 
apolis &  St.  Louis,  and  the  Iowa  Central  Railroads, 
and  before  the  expiration  of  another  year  he  returned 
to  Minneapolis  to  become  traffic  manager  for  the 
Minneapolis  &   St.  Louis  and  the  Iowa  Central. 

On  August  1,  1914.  Mr.  Lutz  was  appointed  traffic 
manager  for  the  Chicago  &  Alton,  and  in  July,  1917, 
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George  Thatcher  Leach 


GEORGE  THATCHER  LEACH 

George  Thatcher  Leach,  vice-president  of  A.  B. 
Leach  &  Company,  Incorporated,  was  born  at  Saint 
Paul,  Minnesota,  November  21,  1888,  the  son  of 
Ferry  William  Leath  and  Maud  N.  (Shipley)  Leach. 
He  was  educated  in  the  grammar  and  high  schools 
of  Oak  Park,  Illinois,  and  at  Dartmouth  College, 
Hanover,   New   Hampshire. 

Entering  the  firm  of  A.  B.  Leach  &  Company, 
Incorporated,  one  of  the  most  prominent  of  the  La 
Salle  Street  investment  banking  houses  in  191 1,  Mr. 
Leach  was  promoted  by  successive  steps  through  the 
various  departments  to  his  present  position  of  vice- 
president.  He  is  also  a  director  of  the  Godchaux 
Sugars,  Incorporated,  of  New  Orleans. 

On  January  6,  1925,  at  Mansfield,  Louisiana,  Mr. 
Leach  was  married  to  Parie  Nabors  Petty.  He  is 
the  father  of  four  children  by  a  previous  marriage, 
Marjorie  Isabel  Leach ;  Arthur  Burtis  Leach,  II ; 
Ferry  William  Leach.  Ill,  and  Lindsay  Woodcock 
Leach. 

Mr.  Leach  is  a  member  of  the  Oak  Park  Country 
Club,  Oak  Park,  Illinois;  the  University  Club;  the 
Racquet  Club;  the  Mid-Day  Club;  the  Attic  Club; 
the  Bond  Men's  Club,  Chicago;  the  Metropolitan 
Club,  and  the  Bankers  Club,  New  York. 

His  office  is  at  105  South  La  Salle  Street,  Chi- 
cago, and  his  residence  is  at  237  South  Oak  Park 
Avenue,  Oak  Park,  Illinois. 


CHARLES  H.  MARKHAM 
Charles  H.  Markham  rose  from  section  hand  to 
one  of  the  outstanding  railroad  executives  of  the 
United  States.  He  was  born  on  May  22,  1861,  at 
Clarksville,  Tennessee,  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Mary 
(Reddan)  Markham.  His  education  was  received 
in  the  public  schools  at  Addison,  New  York. 

In  1881  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Atchison, 
Topeka  and  Sante  Fe  Railroad  as  a  section  hand 
and  worked  in  that  capacity  for  several  months.  He 
then  became  connected  with  the  Southern  Pacific 
Railroad  Company  and  rose  rapidly  in  the  service 
of  this  road.  From  May,  1881,  to  February,  1887, 
he  held  various  positions  in  the  station  service  at 
Deming,  New  Mexico.  From  February,  1887,  to  July, 
1887,  he  was  agent  at  Lordsburg,  New  Mexico;  from 
July,  1887,  to  1890,  aeent  at  Benson,  Arizona ;  from 
February,  1890,  to  March,  1891,  agent  at  Reno, 
Nevada,  and  from  March,  1891,  to  July,  1897,  agent 
at  Fresno,  California.  At  the  last  named  place  he 
was  in  charge  of  the  freight  and  passenger  business 
of  a  district,  and  made  an  excellent  record. 

In  1897  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  promoted 
Mr.  Markham  to  be  general  freight  and  passenger 
agent  of  the  Oregon  Lines,  with  headquarters  at 
Portland,  Oregon.  He  was  then  made  assistant 
freight  traffic  manager  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Rail- 
road at  San  Francisco,  which  position  he  held  from 
September  I,  1901,  to  December  1,  1901.  He  was 
therefore  able  to  obtain  a  wide  knowledge  of  rail- 
road conditions  in  California,  and  earned  the  reputa- 
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WILLIAM    HAMILTON'   MITCHELL 

William  Hamilton  Mitchell,  secretary  of  Mitchell, 
Hutchins  &  Company,  Chicago  investment  bankers, 
was  born  in  Chicago,  January  31,  1895,  the  son  of 
John  J.  and  Mary  Louise  (Jewett)  Mitchell.  He  was 
educated  in  Coulter  School.  Chicago;  Middlesex 
School,  Concord,  Massachusetts,  and  Harvard  Uni- 
versity. 

In  addition  to  being  one  of  the  organizers  and  a 
partner  of  the  firm  that  bears  his  name,  he  is  a 
director  of  Balaban  &  Katz  Comoration,  Elgin  Clock 
Company,  Inland  Glass  Company  and  the  Patent 
Holding  Corporation. 

During  the  war  Mr.  Mitchell  was  an  ensign  in 
the  United  States  Naval  forces.  Near  the  close  of 
the  war,  September  3,  1918,  he  married  Ginevra 
King  at  Chicago.  He  is  the  father  of  two  sons, 
William  Hamilton  Mitchell,  Jr.,  and  Charles  King 
Mitchell. 

Clubs  that  enroll  Mr.  Mitchell  include  the  Chicago 
Club,  Onwentsia,  Racquet,  Saddle  &  Cycle  and  Shore 
Acres.  His  place  of  business  is  231  South  La  Salle 
Street   and  his   residence,   Lake   Forest,   Illinois. 


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LEEDS  MITCHELL 

Leeds  Mitchell,  partner  in  the  investment  banking 
firm  of  Harris,  Winthrop  and  Company,  was  born 
at  Chicago,  April  26,  1877,  the  son  of  Joseph  Sidney 
and  Helen  (Leeds)  Mitchell.  He  was  graduated 
from  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Massachusetts,  in 
1896  and   from   Yale   University   in    1899. 

Mr.  Mitchell  is  president  of  the  Chicago  Stock 
Exchange  and  a  director  of  the  United  Paperboard 
Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Club,  the  Uni- 
versity Club,  the  Saddle  and  Cycle  Club,  the  Chicago 
Golf  Club,  the  Casino  Club  and  the  Racquet  Club 
of  Chicago  ;  the  Vale  Club  of  New  York  ;  the  On- 
wentsia Country  Club,  and  the  Shoreacres  Club  of 
Lake  Forest,  and  the  Pacific  Club,  the  Sankaty  Head 
Golf  Club,  and  the  Nantucket  Yacht  Club  of  Nan- 
tucket. 

On  July  10,  1910,  Mr.  Mitchell  was  married  to 
Dorothy  Day  at  Lake  Forest,  Illinois.  There  are 
two  children,  Leeds  Mitchell.  Jr.,  and  Margaret 
Mitchell. 

His  office  is  the  Rookery  and  his  residence  is  at 
45    East    Schiller    Street,    Chicago. 


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Charles  Henry  Worcester 


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CHARLES  HENRY  WORCESTER 

Charles  Henry  Worcester,  president  of  the  C.  H. 
Worcester  Company,  Chicago,  Illinois,  president  of 
the  Worcester  Lumber  Company  of  Chassell,  Mich- 
igan, president  of  the  Greenwood  Lumber  Company 
of  Ontonagon,  Michigan,  vice-president  of  the 
Munising  Paper  Company  of  Munising,  Michigan, 
was  born  at  Detroit,  Michigan,  September  23,  1864, 
the  son  of  Ira  and  Caroline  (Cooper)  Worcester, 
and  attended  public  schools  at  Detroit. 

Erom  1882  to  1892  Mr.  Worcester  was  in  the 
wholesale  drug  and  paint  business  in  Detroit.  For 
the  following  three  years  he  was  in  the  real  estate 
business  in  Chicago.  In  1895  he  engaged  in  the 
lumber  and  paper  manufacturing  business  arid  has 
since  continued  in  that  line. 

Mr.  Worcester  is  a  director  of  the  Ontonagon 
Fibre  Company  of  Ontonagon,  Michigan,  and  the 
Saginaw  and  Manistee  Lumber  Company  of  Wil- 
liams, Arizona. 

During  the  World  War  he  served  in  Washington 
in  1917,  1918  and  1919  as  a  member  of  the  Council 
of  National  Defense  and  the  War  Industries  Board. 

He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Art  Institute  of  Chicago, 
and  a  member  of  the  Cliff  Dwellers,  the  Palette  and 
Chisel  Club,  the  Union  League  Club,  the  Chicago 
Athletic  Association,  the  Glenview  Golf  Club,  the 
Skokie  Country  Club  and  the  Knollwood   Club. 

On  January  4,  1894,  he  was  married  to  Mary 
Southwell  at  Chicago.  His  business  address  is  19 
South  La  Salle  Street  and  his  residence  is  1323 
North   State  Street,  Chicago. 


GEORGE  H.  MALCOLM 

George  H.  Malcolm,  director,  vice-president  and 
secretary  of  the  Otis  Elevator  Company  of  Illinois, 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Otis  Elevator  organization 
on  November  23,  1905,  as  an  apprentice  in  the  com- 
pany's shops  at  Yonkers,  New  York.  Twenty  years 
later  he  was  elected  to  these  offices,  after  having  been 
continuously  in  the  service  of  the  company  with  the 
exception  of  the  time  spent  in  the  United  States 
Army  during  the  World  War. 

Born  in  New  York  City,  October  23,  1883,  the  son 
of  William  L.  and  Eliza  S.  (Hoag)  Malcolm,  Mr. 
Malcolm  attended  private  schools  in  New  York, 
Lawrenceville  School,  Lawrenceville,  New  Jersey,  and 
graduated  from  Princeton  University  in  1905  with 
the  degree  of  bachelor  of  science. 

He  entered  the  employ  of  the  Otis  Elevator  Com- 
pany immediately  after  leaving  college  and  after 
serving  three  years  as  an  apprentice  in  the  shops  at 
Yonkers  he  was  transferred  to  the  New  York  office, 
where  he  was  employed  in  the  construction  depart- 
ment. In  1913  he  was  appointed  assistant  construc- 
tion manager  of  the  company,  serving  in  that  capac- 
ity until  he  enlisted  in  the  Chemical  Warfare  Service 
of  the  United  States  Army,  being  commissioned  a 
captain  soon  after. 

Upon  his  return  to  private  life  at  the  conclusion 
of  the  war,  Mr.  Malcolm  was  appointed  manager  of 
the  Buffalo  office  of  the  Otis  Elevator  Company.  In 
September,  1919,  he  was  appointed  manager  of  the 
Los  Angeles  office,  and  on  October  1,  1924,  he  was 
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RICHARD   [VAN   MANSFIELD 

Richard  Ivan  Mansfield,  floor  manager  of  the  Barl 
lett  Frazier  Company,  well  known  commission  broker- 
age house,  has  been  identified  with  the  grain  busi- 
ness for  thirty-six  years,  and  has  earned  in  that 
time  an  enviable  reputation  for  knowledge  of  his 
business. 

Born  at  Quebec,  Canada,  August  16,  1874,  the  son 
of  John  and  Julia  (Parnell)  Mansfield,  the  subject 
of  this  biography  attended  public  schools  at  Chicago 
and  then,  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  entered  the  emploj 
of  Irwin  Green  and  Company,  grain  merchants.  Sub- 
sequently lie  became  associated  with  Watson  and 
Company  of  Minneapolis  and  still  later  he  accepted 
a  partnership  with  W.  H.  Perrine  and  Company,  re 
maining  with  the  last  named  firm  for  two  years.  For 
the  following  three  years  he  was  with  Finley  Barrel  1 
and  Company,  and  at  the  expiration  of  that  time  was 
appointed  floor  manager  of  Bartlett  Frazier  and 
Company,  having  now  served  in  that  capacity  for  ten 
years. 

On  June  30,  1898.  Mr.  Mansfield  was  married  to 
Agnes  Darling  Inglis,  daughter  of  John  Inglis  the 
crop  expert,  at  Chicago.  There  are  five  children, 
Robert,  Margaret,  Elizabeth,  John  and  Eleanor  Mans- 
field. 

His  business  address  is  11 1  West  Jackson  Boule- 
vard, and  his  residence  is  11330  Lothair  Avenue, 
Chicago. 


JAMES  BARTON  McDOUGAL 

James  Barton  McDougal,  governor  of  the  Chicago 
Federal  Reserve  Bank  since  its  organization  in  1914, 
was  horn  January  11,  1866,  at  Peoria.  Illinois,  the 
son  of  John  and   Mary    (Gray)    McDougal. 

Educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city, 
Mr.  McDougal  entered  the  banking  business  in 
Peoria  in  the  employ  of  the  Central  National  Bank 
at  the  age  of  twenty-one.  In  igot  he  resigned  to 
become  National  Bank  Examiner  and  remained  in 
that  office  until  1906.  With  this  background  of 
hanking  experience  he  came  to  Chicago  in  that  year 
as  official  examiner  of  the  associated  banks  of  Chi- 
cago. 

It  was  in  this  capacity  that  he  organized  and  con- 
ducted the  department  of  examination  of  the  Chicago 
Clearing  House,  of  which  he  was  official  head  until 
he  was  appointed  governor  of  the  Seventh  District 
Federal  Reserve  Bank. 

In  1896  Mr.  McDougal  married  Laura  Gray  of 
Painesville,  Ohio.  He  has  three  children,  James  G, 
Margaret    McDougal    Leonard   and   Donald. 

He  is  to-day  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  far- 
seeing  and  clear-thinking  financial  men  of  the  middle 
west  and  is  credited  with  a  large  responsibility  in 
the  successful  operation  of  the  Chicago  reserve  bank. 

His  business  address  is  230  South  La  Salle  Street, 
on  the  hanking  floor  of  the  Federal  Reserve  Bank 
Building.  His  residence  is  104  Riverside  Road, 
Riverside,  Illinois. 

Mr.  McDougal  is  a  member  of  the  Bankers',  In- 
dustrial and  Mid-Day  Clubs  of  Chicago  and  of  the 
Riverside   Golf   Club,    Riverside. 


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DAVID  A.   NOYES 

Few  men  can  claim  nearly  forty  years  of  activity 
on  La  Salle  Street — the  Wall  Street  of  Chicago. 
One  who  can  is  David  A.  Noyes,  senior  partner  in 
the  New  York  and  Chicago  Stock  Exchange  firm 
of  Noyes  &  Jackson,  with  offices  at  208  South  La 
Salle  Street,  Chicago,  and  in  New  York. 

Mr.  Noyes  was  born  at  La  Porte,  Indiana,  March 
7,  1867,  the  son  of  the  Rev.  George  Clement  and 
Eliza  Ellen  (Smith)  Noyes.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Noyes 
was  quite  a  prominent  figure  in  church  and  public 
life  about  Chicago,  having  lived  in  Evanston  from 
1868  to  1889,  when  he  died.  There  are  many  who 
recall   him   with  great  affection   and   respect. 

Mr.  Noyes  was  graduated  from  the  Evanston  High 
School  in  1885,  and  on  February  1,  1886,  he  entered 
upon  his  career  in  La  Salle  Street.  The  success  of 
Mr.  Noyes  in  his  chosen  field  came  with  years.  On 
October  1,  1908,  he  formed  the  partnership  of  Noyes 
&  Jackson,  which  has  come  to  be  one  of  the  leading 
stock  brokerage  firms  in  Chicago.  Not  once  since 
he  stepped  into  La  Salle  Street  has  he  tried  to  enter 
into  another  field. 

On  August  4,  1892,  Mr.  Noyes  married  Emma  R. 
Bullis  at  Decorah,  Iowa.  He  lives  either  at  the 
Glen  View  Club,  of  which  he  is  a  member,  or  at 
the  Ambassador  Hotel.  He  also  is  a  member  of 
the  Chicago,  Chicago  Athletic  and  Industrial  Clubs. 


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ROY  CLIFTON  OSGOOD 

Roy  Clifton  Ossrood,  vice-president  of  the  First 
Trust  and  Savings  Bank  of  Chicago,  was  born  at 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  March  9,  1876,  the  son 
of  Alfred  Gilbert  and  Sarah  Ann  (Sweeny)   Osgood. 

Following  his  graduation  from  high  school  at 
Athol,  Massachusetts,  in  1893,  Mr.  Osgood  entered 
the  employ  of  a  bank  in  that  city.  For  seven  years, 
or  until  1900,  he  continued  in  the  employ  of  the 
bank  at  Athol  and  then  left  to  take  a  position  in  the 
Department  of  Commerce  and  Labor  at  Washington. 
He  remained  in  Washington  until  1905  and  during 
that  time  studied  law  and  took  his  degree  at  George 
Washington  University. 

In  1905  and  1906  Mr.  Osgood  practiced  law  in  Mil- 
waukee, Wisconsin,  and  in  the  last  named  year 
entered  the  employ  of  the  First  Trust  and  Savings 
Bank  of  Chicago,  his  position  being  in  the  legal  de- 
partment.    In  1919  he  was  elected  a  vice-president. 

Mr.  Osgood  is  a  member  of  the  Investment  Bank- 
ers Association  of  America  and  in  1920  and  1921  he 
served  as  president  of  that  organization.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  National  Tax  Association,  the  Ameri- 
can Economic  Association,  the  American  Bankers' 
Association  and  the  Chicago  Bar  Association.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Kappa  Sigma  Fraternity  and  of 
the  Bankers  Club  of  New  York ;  the  Racquet  Club 
of  Washington,  and  the  University,  City,  Racquet, 
Chicago,  Mid-Day,  Attic,  Chicago  Literary  and  In- 
dian  Hill  Country  Clubs  of  Chicago. 

On  February  21,  1903,  Mr.  Osgood  was  married 
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John  P.  Oleson 


JOHN  P.  OLESON 

Thirty-five  years  of  unstinted  service  with  one 
banking  institution  has  brought  reward  to  John  P. 
Oleson.  vice-presidenl  and  director  of  the  Firsl  Na- 
tional Hauls  of  Chicago  and  a  director  in  a  number 
of  other  financial  organizations.  His  rise  has  been 
due  to  hard  work,  his  education  being  limited  to 
that  offered  by  the  public  schools  and  thereafter  by 
personal    home    study. 

.Mr.  Oleson  was  horn  at  Bloomingdale,  Illinois,  July 
21,  1873.  His  parent^  were  Charles  Wilmot  and 
Lydia  Abagail  (Bartlett)  Oleson.  lie  entered  the 
banking  field  long  before  he  was  out  of  his  'teens 
and  has  been  with  the  First  National  Bank  of  Chi- 
cago for  the  last  thirty-five  years. 

In  addition  to  his  official  capacity  with  the  First 
National,  Mr.  Oleson  is  a  director  of  the  First 
Trust  &  Savings  Bank,  the  National  Safe  Deposit 
Company,  the  First  National  Investment  Company, 
the  First  Trust  Joint  Stock  Land  Bank  of  Chicago, 
the  First  Trust  Joint  Stock  Land  Bank  of  Dallas, 
Texas;  the  Drovers  National  Bank  and  the  Drovers 
Trust  &  Savings  Bank  of  Chicago. 

Mr.  Oleson  served  as  a  member  of  the  National 
Guard  from  1894  to  1897.  He  is  now  treasurer  and 
member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the  Chicago 
National  Guard  Commission  and  is  active  in  the 
work  of  soliciting  funds  for  the  support  of  that 
organization.  He  also  is  a  member  of  the  Military 
Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion.  He  belongs  to  the  Chi- 
cago Club.  Indian  Hill  Club,  Racquet  Club  and  Mid- 
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EDWIN  PAGE 

Edwin  Page,  broker,  vice-chairman  of  the  Chicago 
Stock  Exchange  and  member  of  various  Exchange 
committees,  was  born  at  Peoria,  Illinois,  April  10, 
1882.  the  son  of  Samuel  S.  and  Lucia  (Robinson) 
Page. 

He  attended  common  schools  in  Peoria  and  Chi- 
cago, high  school  in  Chicago  and  Cornell  University 
for  one  year. 

After  leaving  school  he  spent  a  year  in  the  ad- 
vertising business  and  then  entered  the  employ  of 
the  brokerage  firm  of  S.  B.  Chapin  &  Company  where 
he  continued  for  six  years,  serving  first  as  a  clerk 
in  a  minor  capacity  and  subsequently  as  cashier.  In 
1910  he  purchased  a  seat  on  the  Chicago  Stock  Ex- 
change, where  he  has  since  continued,  his  business 
being  the  execution  of  transactions  for  several  large 
brokerage  houses. 

During  the  war  Mr.  Page  was  active  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  American  Protective  League.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  governing  board  of  the  Chicago  Stock 
Exchange,  already  having  served  six  years  in  that 
capacity  and  recently  being  elected  for  another  term 
of  three  years. 

His  club  memberships  include  the  Chicago  Athletic 
Association,  Exmoor  Country  Club  and  Phi  Kappa 
Psi    Fraternity. 

On  March  21,  1912,  Mr.  Page  was  married  to  Mrs. 
Elsie  Bell  Davidson  at  Chicago. 

His  office  is  The  Rookery  and  his  residence  is  181 
Lake  Shore  Drive,  Chicago. 


Edwin  Page 


Chambers  Studio 


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Guy  A.  Richardson 


GUY  A.  RICHARDSON 

Gny  A.  Richardson,  vice-president  and  general 
manager  of  the  Chicago  Surface  Lines,  was  born  at 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  May  28,  1882,  the  son  of 
Charles  E.  and  Edwina  (Russell)  Richardson,  and 
attended  public  school  and  Mechanic  Arts  High 
School  at  Boston. 

After  leaving  school,  Mr.  Richardson  served  in 
positions  of  increasing  responsibility  with  the  follow- 
companies :  The  Boston  Elevated  Railway  Company, 
Boston ;  the  Boston  and  Northern  Street  Railway 
Company,  Boston;  the  Houghton  County  Traction 
Company,  Hancock,  Michigan ;  the  Seattle  Electric 
Company,  Seattle ;  the  International  Railway  Com- 
pany, Buffalo,  and  the  Philadelphia  Rapid  Transit 
Company,  Philadelphia. 

On  February  13,  1923,  he  was  called  to  the  Chi- 
cago Surface  Lines  as  vice-president  and  general 
manager  and  since  has  effected  improvements  in  the 
system  of  vast  benefit  to  the  lines  and  the  public. 

Mr.  Richardson  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League 
Club,  the  Industrial  Club,  the  Mid-Day  Club,  the 
Midland  Club  and  the  Kishwauketoe  Club,  the 
American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers,  the  West- 
ern Society  of  Engineers  and  the  American  Electric 
Railway  Association. 

On  November  4,  1908,  he  was  married  to  Frances 
Putnam  at  Wichita,  Kansas.  They  have  two  chil- 
dren, Martha  and  Robert  Richardson. 

His  office  is  at  231  South  La  Salle  Street,  Chicago, 
and  his  residence  is  336  Raleigh  Road,  Kenilworth, 
Illinois. 


L.  MONTEFIORE  STEIN 

L.  Montefiore  Stein  at  the  age  of  forty  is  the  head  of  one  of  the  largest  stock  and  grain  brokerage  busi- 
ness houses  in  La  Salle  Street,  one  in  fact  which  ranks  with  the  best  in  the  country — >Stein,  Alstrin  and 
Company. 

Mr.  Stein  was  born  in  Chicago,  May  1,  1884,  the  son  of  Adolph  and  Emma  (Freiler)  Stein.  His  educa- 
tion was  received  in  the  public  schools  of  Chicago,  primary  apprenticeship  being  served  in  the  Skinner 
Grammar  and  John  McClarren  Schools.  He  then  went  first  to  the  old  English  High  and  Manual  Train- 
ing  School   and   then   Lewis   Institute   where   he   graduated  in  1901. 

He  entered  the  business  world  almost  immediately  and  for  two  years  served  as  a  clerk  in  the  Art  Wall 
Paper  Mills,  leaving  there  to  become  associated  with  the  Monarch  Brewery.  In  1904  he  became  sales 
manager  for  Stein  Brothers,  Incorporated.  At  the  end  of  seven  years  he  was  accorded  the  opportunity 
of  entering  La  Salle  Street,  going  to  work  as  a  solicitor  for  the  firm  of  Finley,  Barrell  and  Company.  In 
two  years'  time  he  had  gained  such  proficiency  and  acquired  so  wide  a  clientele  in  the  stock  brokerage  busi- 
ness as  to  earn  a  partnership  in  the  firm. 

Three  years  later,  in  1917,  the  firm  was  succeeded  by  that  of  Block,  Maloney  and  Company,  in  which 
Mr.  Stein  remained  as  a  partner.  In  1920  he  bought  out  the  Chicago  business  of  that  firm  and  formed 
his  own  partnership  under  the  firm  name  of  Stein,  Alstrin  and  Company  in  which  he  is  still  the  senior 
partner. 

This  firm  is  a  member  of  the  principal  stock  and  commodity  exchanges  of  the  country,  including  the 
New  York  and  Chicago  stock  exchanges,  the  Chicago  Board  of  Trade  and  the  New  York  Cotton  Ex- 
change. It  has  been  identified  with  the  launching  of  many  established  businesses  in  La  Salle  Street 
through  the  underwriting  and  public  distribution  of- stock  issues  of  companies  now  represented  in  the  lists 
of  the  New  York  and  Chicago  exchanges. 

Mr.  Stein  was  married  November  6,  1914,  to  Florence  Eisendrath.  They  have  twin  boys,  Richard 
F.  and  Frederick  Stein.  Mr.  Stein  resides  at  1304  Astor  Street,  Chicago,  and  has  his  office 
at  211  South  La  Salle  Street.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Luncheon  Club,  Attic  Club,  Standard  Club,  Down- 
Town  Club,  Chicago  Riding  Club,  Lake  Shore  Club  and  Press  Club. 


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ROBERT  CLAY  SHERRILL 

Robert  Clay  Sherrill,  president  of  the  Sherrill 
Bond  and  Mortgage  Company, -was  born  at  Prospect, 
Tennessee.  August  23,  [878,  the  son  of  George  L. 
and  Ida  (Legg)  Sherrill,  and  attended  public  school 
at  Athens,  Georgia;  Webb  Brothers  Academy  at 
Belle  Buckle,  Tennessee,  and  the  Southern  Universit) 
at    Greensboro,    Alabama. 

Prior  to  the  organization  of  the  Sherrill  Bond  and 
Mortgage  Company,  Mr.  Sherrill  was  for  five  years 
treasurer  of  Comlossy  and  Company,  investment 
hankers  of  Chicago  and  Detroit,  and  was  one  of  the 
founders   of  that  organization. 

Previous  to  that  he  had  extensive  financial  and 
fiduciary  experience,  having  served  as  auditor  and 
in  other  executive  positions  for  several  large  trunk 
line  railroads  in  different  sections  of  the  country, 
and  as  executive  in  charge  of  the  accounting  de- 
partment for  the  Motor  Equipment  Division  of  the 
General   Motors   Company. 

•  He  is  a  member  of  all  Masonic  bodies,  both  rites. 
up  to  and  including  the  Shrine,  and  is  a  member  of 
tlie  Edgewater  Athletic  Club. 

On  August  25,  191 5,  he  was  married  to  Evelyn 
Rees  Norcross  at  Washington.  District  of  Columbia. 
His  business  address  is  79  West  Monroe  Street,  and 
his  residence  is  1325  Farwell  Avenue,  Chicago. 


Robert  Clay  Sherrill 


HENRY  DEXTER  STURTEVANT 
Henry  Dexter  Sturtevant,  member  of  the  firm  of 
Pynchon  and  Company,  one  of  the  most  favorably 
known  stock  and  bond  brokerage  houses  in  the 
United  States,  was  born  at  White  Lake,  Michigan, 
June  9,  1S62,  the  son  of  James  D.  and  Minerva 
(Hills)    Sturtevant. 

After  attending  public  schools,  Mr.  Sturtevant 
came  to  Chicago  in  1884  and  entered  the  employ  of 
Counselman  and  Day,  stock  and  bond  brokers,  and 
in  1896  he  was  admitted  to  partnership.  The  firm  of 
Counselman  and  Day  was  later  dissolved  and  Mr. 
Sturtevant  became  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Counsel- 
man  and  Company,  and  when  Charles  Counselman 
died  Mr.  Sturtevant  was  the  sole  surviving  partner. 
On  May  21,  1904,  the  business  of  Counselman  and 
Company  was  consolidated  with  Shearson,  Hammill 
and  Company.  Mr.  Sturtevant  becoming  a  partner  in 
the  last  named  firm  and  in  1914  he  retired  from 
Shearson,  Hammill  and  Company  to  become  a  part- 
ner in  Raymond,  Pynchon  and  Company,  in  charge 
of  the  Chicago  office.  In  1917  the  firm  name  was 
changed  to  Pynchon  and  Company. 

Mr.  Sturtevant  is  a  member  of  the  Society  of 
Colonial  Wars  and  is  a  Republican.  Club  member- 
ships include :  The  Chicago  Club,  the  Chicago 
Athletic  Association,  the  Mid-Day  Club,  the  Chicago 
Golf  Club,  the  Attic  Club  and  the  South  Shore 
Country  Club — all  of  Chicago,  and  the  Bankers  Club 
of  New  York  and  the  Minneapolis  Club  of  Minne- 
apolis. 

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M.  A.  Traylor 


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M.  A.  TRAYLOR 

Melvin  Alvah  Traylor  was  born  in  Breeding,  Ken- 
tucky on  October  21,  1878.  He  comes  of  what  is 
perhaps  the  purest  Anglo-Saxon  stock  which  we  have 
in  this  country,  the  Kentucky  Mountaineers.  His 
career  has  been  remarkable,  and  if  he  were  ever  to 
run  for  high  political  office,  unquestionably  his  cam- 
paign manager  would  draw  the  obvious  parallel  be- 
tween his  early  life  and  that  of  Abraham  Lincoln, 
for  like  Lincoln,  Mr.  Traylor  gained  most  of  his 
education  by  his  own  efforts.  It  is  an  interesting 
fact  that  the  man  who  is  now  associated  with  the 
financing  of  railroads  and  serves  on  the  board  of 
directors  of  a  railroad  system  never  saw  a  railroad 
train  until  he  was  about  nineteen  years  of  age.  Also 
like  Lincoln,  the  subject  of  this  biography  studied 
law,  but  by  that  time  he  was  no  longer  in  Kentucky 
but  had  moved  to  Texas.  Having  been  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  Texas,  he  entered  politics,  was  city 
clerk  of  Hillsboro  and  later  assistant  county  at- 
torney of  Hill  County,  Texas. 

Conditions  in  the  legal  profession,  however,  have 
changed  very  much  since  Lincoln's  day.  It  has  be- 
come much  more  difficult  to  rise  high  in  the  legal 
profession  without  training  other  than  that  acquired 
in  a  law  office,  and  when  opportunity  came,  Mr. 
Traylor  decided  that  it  would  be  better  for  him  to 
enter  upon  a  business  career.  Entering  the  service  of 
a  small  Texas  bank,  he  rapidly  impressed  himself 
upon  a  wider  community  by  his  intimate  knowledge 
of  local  business  conditions  and  acquired  the  reputa- 
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HOWARD  VAN  SINDEREN  TRACY 
Howard  Van  Sinderen  Tracy,  investment  banker, 
born  in  Louisville,  Kentucky,  October,  1887,  son  of 
Howard  Tracy  (see  Encyclopedia  of  American  Biog- 
raphy) and  Bessie  Lindsley.  Educated  at  North- 
western Academy  and  Harvard  University  ('09). 
He  entered  the  investment  business  in  1909  and  soon 
became  identified  with  John  Burnham  &  Company, 
of  which  he  was  an  executive  and  director  from 
1914  to  1924.  In  March,  1924,  he  organized  and  be- 
came president  of  the  investment  firm  of  Rogers  & 
Tracy.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Holland-St.  Louis 
Sugar  Company  of  Michigan  and  the  Tracy  &  Avery 
Company  of  Ohio. 

Mr.  Tracy  is  regarded  as  an  authority  on  "Blue 
Sky"  legislation  and  in  1919  was  consulted  in  the 
drafting  of  the  Illinois  "Blue  Sky"  law,  several  sec- 
tions of  which  he  wrote.  In  the  same  year  he  or- 
ganized and  became  first  president  of  the  Advertisers 
and  Investors  Protective  Bureau  of  Chicago,  which 
was  created  to  assist  in  the  administration  of  the 
Illinois  Securities  Law,  to  combat  "bucket  shops"  and. 
promoters  of  fake  securities,  and  to  educate  the  pub- 
lic in  regard  to  the  dangers  of  irresponsible  invest- 
ment. It  has  no  securities  for  sale,  is  supported  by 
public  subscription,  and  its  services  are  free.  The 
bureau  has  twenty-three  directors,  consisting  of 
prominent  bankers  and  business  men  and  has  the 
active  backing  of  the  Chicago  Association  of  Com- 
merce, the  Chicago  Stock  Exchange,  the  Chicago 
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Howard  Van  Sinderen  Tracy 


Matzene 


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Hixon  Studios 


Roy   C.   Toombs 


ROY  C.  TOOMBS 

There  was  never  any  doubl  in  the  mind  of  Roy  C. 
Toombs  as  to  what  his  life  work  was  to  be.  As  a 
boy  on  a  farm  near  Winfield,  Kansas — where  he  was 
born,  August  30,  1887.  the  son  of  Anson  ('.  and 
Hannah  E.  Toombs — he  knew  thai  his  whole  aptitude 
and  inclination  were  to  finance;  and  from  this  course 
he  has  never  swerved.  To-day  he  is  presidenl  of  the 
mortgage  and  bond  house  of  Toombs  &  Daily  Com 
pany,  which  has  offices  in  Chicago,  Rockford,  Free- 
port,  Belvidere  and  Stockton,  Illinois;  president  of 
the  Downers  Grove  State  Bank,  and  president  of 
the  Downers   Grove  Trust  Company. 

Mr.  Toombs'  formal  education  stopped  at  the 
fourth  grade  of  a  rural  school.  His  real  education 
has  never  stopped.  His  first  position  was  with  the 
Missouri,  Kansas  &  Texas  Railroad  as  a  telegraph 
operator,  he  and  his  brother  having  learned  the  code 
and  to  operate  a  key  on  a  home-made  set,  with  the 
wire  strung  between  the  house  and  the  barn.  For 
two  years  he  acted  as  an  operator  on  the  M.  K.  & 
T.  R.  R.  at  various  stations  on  the  road,  and  then 
he  returned  to  Winfield,  to  study  at  Kansas  South- 
western College  at  night  and  to  work  in  the  office  of 
the  Johnson  Abstract  Company. 

Subsecptently  he  went  to  work  for  the  Albright 
Investment  Company,  western  correspondent  of  the 
Phoenix  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  at  Newkirk,  Oklahoma,  and  then 
returned  to  Winfield,  where  he  served  as  clerk  of 
the  Probate  Court  while  he  read  probate  law.  He 
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FRANK  O.   WETMORE 

Frank  O.  Wetmore,  chairman  of  the  board  of  the 
First  National  and  First  Trust  and  Savings  Banks 
of  Chicago,  was  born  at  Kalamazoo,  Michigan,  No- 
vember 12,  1867.  the  son  of  Charles  I.  and  Jennie 
(Orton)   Wetmore. 

He  attended  public  school  at  Adrian,  Michigan, 
and  came  to  Chicaeo  in  1886  where  he  obtained  a 
clerical  position  with  the  First  National  Bank.  In 
eleven  years  he  became  an  officer  and  to-day  is  head 
of  all  activities  of  the  First  National  and  the  First 
Trust  and  Savings  Banks.  He  is  an  example  of 
the  success  to  be  attained  bv  learning  a  business 
thoroughly  and  continuing  with  a  single  organiza- 
tion. On  Januan'  11,  1916,  he  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  First  National  Bank  and  in  January,  1925, 
he  was  elected  chairman  of  the  board  of  the  First 
National  and  the  First  Trust  and  Savings  banks. 

Mr.  Wetmore  in  his  position  as  a  leading  Chicago 
banker  naturally  has  other  important  financial  in- 
terests, among  them  being  his  membership  on  the 
Federal  Advisory  Council  of  the  Federal  Reserve 
Board,  one  of  the  highest  honors  in  the  banking 
field.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Chicago  City  Railway 
and  its  associated  companies  ;  Chicago  Surface  Lines  ; 
Allis-Chalmers  Manufacturing  Company ;  is  chair- 
man of  the  Finance  Committee  and  a  member  of 
the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Chicago  Chapter 
of  the  American  Red  Cross ;  trustee  of  the  Endow- 
ment Fund  of  the  National  Red  Cross,  and  a  life 
member  of  the  Art  Institute  of  Chicago  and  the 
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Moffett 


Frank  O.  Wktmokk 


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Lawrence   Harley  Whiting 


LAWRENCE   HARLEY   WHITING 

Lawrence  Harley  Whiting,  president  Whiting  & 
Company,  investment  bankers,  105  Sonth  La  Salle 
Street,  Chicago.  Born  Plattsmouth,  Nebraska,  Jan- 
uary 29,  1890.  Son  of  Harley  Edwin  and  Ada  Simp- 
son Whiting. 

Educated  at  University  of  Chicago,  captain  varsity 
football  team ;  member  University  track  team  and 
holder  of  world's  record  for  sixty-yard  high  hurdles. 

After  leaving  college,  with  Illinois  Life  Insurance 
Company  as  assistant  to  vice-president  until  191 5. 
Then  with  A.  B.  Leach  &  Company,  investment  se- 
curities. 

At  outbreak  of  war  entered  Officers'  Training 
Camp,  Fort  Sheridan.  Commissioned  captain  Cav- 
alry, assigned  86th  Division,  N.  A.,  Camp  Grant, 
division  personnel  officer;  promoted,  January,  1918, 
to  major,  adjutant  general,  and  assigned  to  War 
Department,  Washington,  District  of  Columbia,  as 
personnel  officer,  United  States  Army ;  promoted  lieu- 
tenant-colonel and  assigned  personnel  officer,  A.  E. 
F.,  General  Headquarters,  France.  At  close  of  war 
appointed  assistant  commissioner  of  finance  for  Eu- 
rope, member  American  Mission  to  Negotiate  Peace, 
Peace  Conference,  Paris,  France.  While  at  Camp 
Grant  was  captain  of  Camp  Grant  football  team, 
U.    S.   Army   champions,    1917. 

At  present,  in  addition  to  being  president  of  Whit- 
ing &  Company,  president  Boulevard  Bridge  Bank 
of  Chicago ;  president  Equitable  Trust  Company  of 
Chicago ;  director  University  State  Bank ;  Italian 
Trust  &  Savings  Bank ;  chairman  and  treasurer 
(Continued  on  Page  173) 


ALBERT   HAYES  WETTEN 

Albert  Hayes  Wetten,  head  of  the  real  estate  firm 
of  Albert  H.  Wetten  &  Company,  which  specializes 
in  high-priced  Chicago  business  property,  was  born 
at  Downers  Grove,  Illinois,  July  26,  1869,  and  was 
educated  at  public  schools  there. 

In  1888  Mr.  Wetten  started  in  the  real  estate 
business  in  Chicago  in  the  employ  of  J.  C.  Sampson 
&  Company,  leaving  there  in  the  same  year  to  be- 
come associated  with  the  real  estate  brokerage  firm 
of  Rounds  and  Clough,  being  admitted  to  partnership 
three  years  later. 

In  1896  Mr.  Clough  retired  from  the  business  and 
the  firm  name  was  changed  to  Rounds  and  Wetten, 
which  partnership  continued  until  1902  when  Mr. 
Rounds  retired,  leaving  Mr.  Wetten  the  sole  owner 
of  the  firm.  In  1912  the  firm  name  was  changed  to 
Albert  H.  Wetten  &  Company,  and  this  name  has 
since  been  continued. 

Mr.  Wetten  is  a  director  of  the  Chicago  Title  and 
Trust  Company,  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees 
of  the  Newberry  Library  of  Chicago,  and  a  member 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Children's  Memorial 
Hospital. 

He  was  president  of  the  Chicago  Real  Estate  Board 
in  1909. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  following  clubs :  The 
Union  League  Club,  the  Chicago  Athletic  Associa- 
tion, the  South  Shore  Country  Club  and  the  Floss- 
moor  Country  Club. 

On  June  20,  1901,  he  was  married  to  Marion  Batten, 
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Hermann  Wollenberger 


HERM  \XX  WOLLENBERGER 

Hermann  Wollenberger,  president  of  the  invest- 
ment banking  firm  of  Wollenberger  and  Company, 
possessor  of  perhaps  the  most  varied  and  compre- 
hensive banking  experience  in  the  Middle  West,  an 
experience  gained  in  the  service  of  banks  of  three 
nations,  was  born  in  Heilbronn,  Germany,  on  De- 
cember 31,  [867,  the  son  of  Isaac  Loeb  and  Karoline 
( Marx  )    Wollenberger. 

Educated  in  the  Ober  Real  Schule  at  Heilbronn 
and  continuing  his  studies  under  private  tutors  until 
the  age  of  twenty-six,  Mr.  Wollenberger's  first  posi- 
tion was  with  the  hanking  firm  of  Sam  I.  Stern  in 
Heilbronn.  Impelled  by  a  desire  to  travel,  by  a 
curiosity  concerning  the  customs  and  business  prac- 
tices of  other  cities  and  nations,  Mr.  Wollenberger 
obtained  an  appointment  to  a  position  in  the  Danziger 
Bank  of  Danzig  and  after  staying  there  two  years 
accepted  an  appointment  with  the  Deutsche  Bank  of 
Frankfort  on  Main,  which  is  almost  on  the  other 
extremity  of  Germany  from   Danzig. 

Desirous  of  further  travel,  the  officials  of  the 
Deutsche  Bank,  after  Mr.  Wollenberger  had  spent 
almost  two  years  in  their  service  arranged  an  ap- 
pointment for  him  to  the  position  of  assistant  to  the 
managing  director  of  the  Banque  de  Paris  et  des 
Pays  Bas  at  Brussels,  Belgium,  where,  in  addition 
to  his  other  duties  lie  was  arbitrageur  in  foreign 
exchange  for  the  bank. 

The  World's  Fair,  held  in  Chicago  in  1893,  at- 
tracted Mr.  Wollenberger  to  the  United  States  and 
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FREDERICK  HENRY  WICKETT 

Frederick  Henry  Wickett,  president  of  the  Pan- 
American-Eastern  Petroleum  Company,  chairman  of 
the  hoard  of  directors  of  the  Pan-American  Trans- 
port Company,  president  of  the  Dixie  Oil  Company. 
was  born  at  Olsworthy,  Devonshire,  England,  June 
23,  1868,  the  son  of  Richard  and  Jane  (Hooper) 
Wickett. 

He  attended  public  grammar  and  high  school  at 
St.  Thomas,  Ontario,  and  served  as  a  lawyer's  ap- 
prentice until  he  was  twenty  years  of  age,  his  salary 
being  three  dollars  a  week.  In  the  same  year  he 
came  to  Chicago,  and  the  following  year  became  an 
assistant  attorney  for  the  old  Chicago  and  Northern 
Pacific  Railroad.  At  the  age  of  twenty-four  he 
formed  a  law  partnership  with  A.  A.  Bruce,  who 
subsequently  became  chief  justice  of  the  North 
Dakota  Supreme  Court. 

This  was  followed  by  other  law  connections  until 
about  fifteen  years  ago  when  he  entered  the  oil  busi- 
ness, forming  a  small  company  with  properties  in 
Indiana.   Oklahoma  and   Texas. 

In  1016  he  organized  the  Dixie  Oil  Company, 
operating  about  1,400  acres  in  Louisiana,  which  was 
subsequently  sold  to  the  Standard  Oil  Company  of 
Indiana.  In  1925  he  was  elected  president  of  the 
Pan-American-Eastern  Petroleum  Company  and 
chairman  of  the  board  of  the  Pan-American  Trans- 
port Company,  both  companies  being  formerly  large- 
ly owned  by  E.  L.  Doheny,  and  purchased  by  a  group 
in  which  the  Standard  Oil  Company  of  Indiana  held 
(Continued  on  Page  173) 


Frederick    LIenry 


Howe  &  Arthur 

Wickett 


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JOHN    J.    MITCHELL 
(Continued   from    Page    32) 

On  February  11,  1890,  Mr.  Mitchell  married  Mary  Louise 
lew  elt  at  Chicago.  'I  heir  children  are  Mrs.  Robert  E. 
Hunter  of  Pasadena,  William  H.  Mitchell,  John  J.  Mitchell, 
Jr.,    Clarence    B.    Mitchell    and    Louise    J.    Mitchell. 

Mr.  Mitchell  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Club,  Union 
League,  University,  South  Shore  Country,  Casino,  Mid-Day, 
Commercial,  and  Saddle  and  Cycle  Clubs  of  Chicago  as 
well  as  of  the  Midwick,  Annandale,  Crags  Country  and 
Bolsa    Chica    Gun    Clubs    of    Pasadena. 

Business    address:    233    South    La    Salle    Street;    residence: 

1550    North    State    Parkway,    Chicago. 

*  *     * 

WM.  WRIGLEY,  JR. 
(Continued  from  Page  33) 
Limited,  Toronto,  Ontario;  Erie  Railroad,  Yellow  Cab  Com- 
pany, Yellow  Cab  Manufacturing  Company,  First  National 
Bank  of  Chicago,  Chicago  Foundation,  Roosevelt  Founda- 
tion, First  Trust  &  Savings  Bank  of  Chicago;  Bon  Air  Coal 
&  Iron  Corporation,  Wilmington  Transportation  Company  of 
Wilmington,  California;  Santa  Catalina  Island  Company, 
Avalon,  California;  Consumers  Company,  Chicago;  Boulevard 
Bridge  Bank,  Chicago;  Chicago  National  League  Ball  Club, 
Chicago;  Angel  City  Baseball  Association,  Los  Angeles,  and 
various    other    corporations. 

Mr.  Wrigley  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Athletic,  and 
Chicago  Clubs  of  Chicago;  California  Club,  Los  Angeles,  and 
numerous     other    clubs. 

On  September  17,  1882,  Mr.  Wrigley  married  Ada  Eliza- 
beth Foote,  at  Philadelphia.  He  has  one  daughter  and 
one  son,  Miss  Dorothy  Ada  Wrigley  (now  Mrs.  J.  R. 
Offield),  and  Philip  K.  W^rigley.  His  homes  are  ^at  1200 
Lake  Shore  Drive,  Chicago,  Green  Gables,  Lake  Geneva, 
Wisconsin;  South  Orange  Grove  Avenue,  Pasadena,  Cali- 
fornia, also  Mount  Ada  Avalon,  Santa  Catalina  Island, 
California,  and  his  office  is  in  the  Wrigley  Building,   Chicago. 

SILAS    HARDY    STRAWN 
(Continued    from    Page    45) 
of  the   First   National   Bank  of   Chicago,   the   First   Trust   and 
Savings  Bank  of  Chicago,   the  Hurley   Machine   Company,  the 
Wahl     Company     (chairman),     Lyon     &     Healy,     Incorporated, 
and    others. 

Mr.  Strawn  is  ex-president  of  the  Illinois  State  Bar  As- 
sociation, of  the  Chicago  Bar  Association,  of  the  Industrial 
Club  of  Chicago  and  of  the  United  States  Golf  Associa- 
tion. He  is  a  member  of  the  following  clubs  and  associa- 
tions: American  Bar  Association  (chairman  of  committee  on 
legal  education  and  admissions  to  the  bar),  Illinois  State 
Bar  Association,  Chicago  Bar  Association,  the  Law  Club 
of  Chicago,  the  Association  of  the  Bar  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  the  Commercial  Club  of  Chicago,  the  Industrial  Club 
of  Chicago,  Chicago  Club,  Chicago  Athletic  Association 
(honorary),  University  Club  of  Chicago,  Mid-Day  Club  of 
Chicago  the  Racquet  Club  of  Chicago,  Saddle  and  Cycle 
Club  of  Chicago,  the  Chicago  Riding  Club,  Old  Elm  Club  of 
Chicago.  Metropolitan  Club  of  New  York  City,  National 
Golf  Links  of  America  at  Southhampton,  New  York;  Chevy 
Chase  Club,  Chevy  Chase,  Maryland ;  the  Burning  Tree  Club, 
Washington,  District  of  Columbia;  Midwick  Country  Club, 
Los    Angeles,    California. 

On  June  22,  1897,  Mr.  Strawn  was  married  to  Miss 
Margaret  Stewart,  of  Binghamton,  New  York;  they  have 
two  daughters:  Margaret  (Mrs.  James  A.  Cathcart)  and 
Katherine    Strawn. 

His  office  is  at  38  South  Dearborn  Street,  Chicago,  and 
his   residence    is    at    229    Lake    Shore    Drive,    Chicago. 

*  *      * 

WILLIAM  HENRY  FINLEY 
(Continued  from  Page  50) 
gineering  Association,  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  and 
Metallurgical  Engineers,  the  Franklin  Institute  and  the  Per- 
manent International  Association  of  Navigation  Congresses. 
He  also  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League,  City,  Chicago 
Golf  and  Engineers  Clubs,  and  past  president  of  the  last 
named. 

Mr.  Finley  was  married  to  Sarah  H.  Furry  at  Trenton, 
New  Jersey.  There  are  four  children:  Jeannette  P.  Fin- 
ley,   Ralph   H.    Finley,    Max   H.    Finley  and   Cedric   F.    Finley. 

His    office    is   at    226    Jackson    Boulevard,    Chicago,    and    his 

residence     is     at     412     North     Washington     Street,     Wheaton, 

Illinois. 

*■      *      * 

ROBERT    M.    EASTMAN 
(Continued    from    Page    54) 
most    modern    improvements    for    the    breeding    and    develop- 
ment   of    pure    bred    Holsteins    and    thoroughbred    horses    in 
which    he    is    intensely    interested.     This    place    is    known    as 
the    Eastman    Hill    Stock    Farm. 

Mr.  Eastman  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Athletic  Asso- 
ciation, the  Lake  Shore  Athletic  Club,  the  South  Shore 
Country  Club,  the  Medinah  Country  Club,  the  Press  Club 
of  Chicago,  the  Art  Institute  of  Chicago,  the  Chicago  His- 
torical   Society    and   the    Sons    of   the    Revolution. 


JAMES    SIMPSON 

(Continued    from    Page    44) 

gave    him    increased    opportunity    to    exhibit    how    sound    had 

been    his    early    training    and    how    resourceful    was    his    own 

talent. 

It  is  due  to  his  wisdom  and  discretion  that  Marshall  Field 
&  Company  now  has  its  chain  of  some  twenty-five  mills,  for 
Mr.  Simpson  early  realized  that  any  broad  policy  of  ex- 
pansion necessitated  control  of  the  company's  chief  sources 
of  supply.  In  the  re-organization  of  the  company  in  1917 
he    was    elected    first    vice-president. 

In  January,  1923,  upon  the  retirement  of  Mr.  Shedd,  Mr. 
Simpson  was  elected  president  of  Marshall  Field  &  Com- 
pany— from  the  first  rung  of  the  ladder  to  the  top  in 
thirty-one    years. 

It  is  only  natural  that  the  great  executive  ability  Mr. 
Simpson  possesses  should  be  in  demand  for  other  enterprises. 
As  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the  Chicago  Plan 
Commission,  he  takes  a  foremost  part  in  planning  for  the 
future  of  Chicago.  No  member  of  this  committee  is  more 
active  than  he  and  no  one  is  contributing  more  to  the  realiza- 
tion of  the  plans  of  this  great  organization  than  he.  As  a 
director,  he  served  the  Harris  Trust  &  Savings  Bank  and 
the  Northern  Trust  Company,  resigning  in  191 7  only  to 
assume  the  important  duties  in  a  like  capacity  for  the  Federal 
Reserve  Bank  of  Chicago,  an  office  entailing  great  responsi- 
bilities. During  the  war  before  going  to  France,  he  served 
as  a  member  of  the  Capital  Issues  Committee  of  the  Fed- 
eral  Reserve   Bank. 

Active  in  the  Chicago  Chapter  of  the  American  Red 
Cross,  in  June,  19 18,  he  was  sent  to  France  on  a  special 
mission  to  assist  in  re-organizing  the  Red  Cross  in  Europe. 
Dispatches  regarding  General  Mangin's  July  offensive  at 
Soissons  narrate  James  Simpson's  simple  heroism  under  fire, 
and  there  one  may  read  of  his  bravery  in  succoring  the 
wounded   and   dying   in   the   little   hamlet   of   Pierrefonds. 

He  gives  liberally  to  many  charities.  In  what  was,  in 
effect,  a  testimony  to  the  memory  of  Mr.  Marshall  Field, 
Mr.  Simpson  donated  to  the  Field  Museum  of  Natural  His- 
tory the  James  Simpson  Theater  which  cost  approximately 
$150,000,  and  at  present  he  is  financing  the  "James  Simpson- 
Roosevelt  Central  Asiatic  Expedition  for  the  Field  Museum." 
The  expedition,  which  is  led  by  Theodore  and  Kermit 
Roosevelt,  has  been  sent  to  Asia  to  explore  and  to  hunt  rare 
animals    in    the    Himalayan    Mountains. 

Mr.  Simpson  is  a  director  of  Armour  &  Company,  a 
director  of  Federal  Reserve  Bank  of  Chicago,  a  trustee 
of  Rush  Medical  College,  trustee  of  the  Field  Museum  of 
Natural  History,  director  of  the  Otho  S.  Sprague  Institute, 
treasurer  of  the  Chicago  Fresh  Air  Hospital,  director  of  the 
Scottish  Old  People's  Home,  and  director  of  the  Chil- 
dren's   Memorial    Hospital. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago,  Mid-Day,  Attic,  Com- 
mercial, Union  League,  Saddle  and  Cycle,  Old  Elm,  Indian 
Hill,  Shoreacres,  Sanganois,  Chicago  Riding,  and  Racquet 
Clubs  in  the  Chicago  district  ;  a  member  of  the  Coleman 
Lake  Club,  Coleman  Lake,  Wisconsin;  and  the  Metropolitan 
and    Links    Clubs    of    New    York. 

In  1903,  Mr.  Simpson  married  Jessie  McLaren.  There 
are  three  sons — James  Simpson,  Jr.,  John  McLaren  Simpson 
and  William  Simpson.  He  maintains  residences  at  1200 
Lake  Shore  Drive,  Chicago,  and  in  Glencoe,  Illinois.  His 
business  address  is  219  West  Adams  Street,  Chicago. 
*     *     * 

CHARLES   H.   WACKER 

(Continued   from    Page    46) 

as  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  State  Council  of  Defense: 
as  a  member  of  the  Federal  Committee  for  the  regulation  of 
explosives  for  the  State  of  Illinois;  one  of  the  four-minute 
men;  director,  War  Camp  Community  Service  and  War 
Library  Board  campaigns;  and  member  of  committee  for  the 
United    States    Liberty    Loan    campaigns. 

Mr.  Wacker's  other  interests  are  indicated  by  the  fact 
that  he  is  an  honorary  member  of  the  Illinois  Chapter,  A. 
I.  A.;  fellow  of  the  American  Geographical  Society;  pres- 
ident of  the  Chicago  Singverein  ;  director  of  the  Civic  Music 
Association;  treasurer  of  the  John  B.  Murphy  Memorial, 
and  a  member  of  the  following:  American  Historical  As- 
sociation: Chicago  Association  of  Commerce;  Chicago  His- 
torical Society;  Field  Museum  of  Natural  History,  Geo- 
graphic Society  of  Chicago;  American  Forestry  Association; 
Chicago  Academy  of  Sciences;  National  Geographic  Society, 
and    the    National    Institute    of    Social    Sciences. 

Mr.  Wacker's  first  wife,  Ottilie  M.  Glade,  died  in  1904, 
and  on  March  19,  1919,  he  was  married  to  Ella  G.  Todtmann 
at  Chicago.  His  children  are  Frederick  G.  Wacker,  Mis. 
Earle    J.    Zimmerman    and    Charles    H.    Wacker,    Jr. 

The  following  clubs  have  Mr.  Wacker's  name  on  their 
roster:  Chicago,  Commercial,  University,  Union  League. 
Bankers,  Chicago  Athletic,  Mid-Dav,  Iroquois,  Onwentsia, 
City,  Lake  Geneva  Country,  Cliff  Dwellers,  Arts,  Press,  Ger- 
man, Chicago  Yacht,  Lake  Geneva  Yacht,  Racquet  Club  of 
Chicago. 

He  resides  at  the  Belden-Stratford  Hotel,  and  has  an 
office    at    232    South    Clark    Street,    Chicago. 


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Page  One  Hundred,  and  Sixty-four 


LEROY  A.  GODDARD 
(Continued  from  Page  47) 
and  finance  committee  of  United  Charities  of  Chicago  and 
of  Destitute  (tippled  Children's  Home.  lie  is  a  governing 
life  member  of  the  Art  Institute  of  Chicago,  life  member, 
Chicago  Historical  Society,  Field  Columbian  Museum, 
Chicago  Academy  of  Sciences,  Illinois  Sons  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, and  honorary  life  member,  Square  and  Compass  Club, 
University  of  Chicago,  Board  of  Trade  Craftsmen's  Club  i>f 
Chicago,  Masonic  Standard  Club,  Chicago,  and  Moline  Scot- 
tish   Rite    Club    of    Moline,    Illinois. 

lie  received  the  degrees  of  Ancient  Craft  Masonry  when 
twenty-one  years  of  age  and  was  elected  Master  of  his  lodge 
four  years  later.  lie  has  attended  every  annual  communica- 
tion of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  from  October,  1881.  It 
is  said  that  he  has  not  been  absent  from  any  session  as  much 
as  one  hour.  lie  served  two  terms  as  Grand  Master,  1894 
anil  [895,  and  is  now  the  Senior  Past  Grand  Master  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  which  be  has  been  Grand  Treasurer  since 
[903.  He  delivered  the  oration  as  Grand  Orator  in  1920. 
He  is  Past  High  Priest  of  Marion  Chapter  No.  100,  R.  A. 
M.  and  of  Mount  Carmel  Chapter  No.  159,  his  present 
affiliation.  He  was  Grand  High  Priest  of  the  Grand  Chapter 
of  Illinois  in  1905;  is  one  of  the  active  members  from 
Illinois  of  the  Supreme  Council,  thirty-second  degree  Masons, 
and  has  been  its  treasurer  since  1912;  was  one  of  the  five 
delegates  from  the  Northern  Jurisdiction  of  the  United 
States  to  the  International  Conference  of  thirty-third  degree 
Vlasons  in  Lausanne,  Switzerland,  in  1922;  is  honorary  mem- 
ber Supreme  Council  of  Italy,  and  representative  Supreme 
Council    of    France. 

November  14,  1888,  he  married  Miss  Anna  Breidenthal,  of 
Yincennes,  Indiana.  She  was  born  and  reared  in  Louis- 
ville, Kentucky,  where  her  father,  Col.  II.  Breidenthal,  was  a 
pioneer  miller.  Her  mother,  Elizabeth  Hall  Breidenthal,  was 
a  direct  descendant  of  Lyman  Hall,  one  of  the  signers  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence.  Not  being  blessed  with  chil- 
dren of  their  own,  Mrs.  Goddard  has  ever  been  active  in 
the  education  of  other  children  and  of  philanthropic  work. 
Besides  various  committees,  she  has  served  as  president  of 
the  League  of  Religious  Fellowship,  treasurer  of  the  Chicago 
Woman's  Club,  trustee  of  the  Illinois  Industrial  School  for 
Girls,  president  of  the  Robert  Browning  Study  Class,  fitting 
up  a  Browning  Room  in  Abraham  Lincoln  Centre,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  house  committee  of  the  Destitute  Crippled 
Children's    Home    of    Chicago. 

*      *      * 

THE    CHICAGO    MILL   AND    LUMBER   COMPANY 

(Continued    from    Page    51) 

Walter  Paul  Paepcke  is  now  the  head  of  the  various  enter- 
prises organized  by  his  father.  He  was  born  at  Chicago, 
June  29,  1896,  and  attended  the  University  School  for  Boys 
at  Chicago  from  1904  to  1912.  graduated  from  Chicago  Latin 
School  in  191 3  and  from  Yale  University  in  1 91 7  with  the 
degree  of  bachelor  of  arts  and  a  member  of  the  Phi  Beta 
Kappa    Fraternity. 

During  the  summers  from  1913  to  1917,  he  worked  for 
the  Chicago  Mill  and  Lumber  Company  and  in  191 7  was 
elected  assistant  treasurer  of  the  organization.  In  1918, 
he  enlisted  in  the  United  States  Naval  Reserve  as  a  third 
class  seaman  and  later  was  commissioned  ensign.  In  April, 
1919.   he  was  honorably  discharged. 

From  1919  to  1921  he  again  served  as  assistant  treasurer 
of  the  Chicago  Mill  and  Lumber  Company  and  in  1921  he 
was  elected  to  the  presidency.  From  1922  to  1925  he  was 
president  of  the  Paepcke  Leicht  Lumber  Company  and  since 
1922  he  has  been  president  and  a  director  of  the  K.  W. 
Battery  Company.  lie  is  also  president  and  a  director  of  the 
Mississippi  Valley  Timber  Company,  the  Paepcke  Paper 
Mills   Company  and    the   Chicago    Mill    Paper   Stock   Company. 

Mr.  Walter  Paepcke  is  a  member  of  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi 
Fraternity,  the  Yale  Clubs  of  Chicago  and  New  York,  and 
the  University,  Racquet,  Mid-Day,  Skokie  Country,  On- 
wentsia    and    Arts    Clubs    of    Chicago. 

On  April  16.  1921,  he  was  married  to  Elizabeth  N.  Nitze 
at  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico.  There  is  one  son,  Walter  Paul 
Paepcke,   Jr. 

His    business    address    is    510    North    Dearborn    Street    and 
his    residence   is   237    East    Delaware   Place,    Chicago. 
*      *      * 

MARVIN  HUGHITT.   SR. 

(Continued    from    Page    48) 
Commerce   of   the    L'nited    States,    the   Metropolitan   and    Law- 
yers  Clubs    of    New    York,    the    Minnesota    Club    of    St.    Paul, 
the    Onwentsia    Winter    Club,    Lake    Forest,    Illinois;    and    the 
International    Chamber    of    Commerce,    Washington,    D.    C. 

On  June  9,  1858,  Mr.  Ilughitt  was  married  to  Belle  Bar- 
rett (now  deceased)  at  Rock  Island,  Illinois.  There  were 
six  children:  Martha  Hughitt  (Mrs.  Hiram  R.  McCullough) 
(now  deceased),  Mary  Hughitt  (Mrs.  Charles  S.  Frost), 
Belle  Hughitt  (Mrs.  Alfred  H.  Granger),  .Marvin  Hughitt, 
Jr.,  John  Douglas  Ilughitt  (now  deceased)  and  William 
Henry    Ilughitt    (now    deceased). 

Mr.  Hughitt's  office  is  at  226  West  Jackson  Boulevard, 
Chicago,    and    his    residence    is   at    Lake   Forest,    Illinois. 


FREDERICK  HOLBROOK  RAW  SON 
(Continued  from  Page  63) 
He  is  a  member  of  the  following  clubs:  Onwentsia  Club, 
Saddle  and  Cycle  Club,  Old  Elm  Club,  Industrial  Club, 
Casino  Club,  Racquet  <  lub,  Cocolobo  Cay  (  lub  of  Miami, 
Florida,  Westchester  Biltmore  Country  Club  of  Kvc,  New 
York,  Society  of  Colonial  Wars,  Chicago  Club,  Commercial 
Club,  Chicago  Yacht  Club,  Sin, re  Acres,  Metropolitan  Club 
of    New    York. 

Business  address:  7  South  Dearborn  Street.  Residence: 
1550    North    State    Parkway,    Chicago. 

THEODORE  FRELINGHUYSEN  MERSELES 
(Continued  from  Page  61) 
losing  public  favor  and  the  industry  was  on  the  decline, 
whereupon  he  entered  the  mail  order  field.  Shortly  after 
he  became  vice-president  and  general  manager  of  the  National 
Cloak  and  Suit  Company,  the  largest  eastern  mail  order 
house,  and  in  the  eighteen  ensuing  years  played  an  important 
part    in   the    national    expansion    of   that   concern's   business. 

So  great  a  reputation  did  he  achieve  in  this  work  that 
in  1 92 1,  when  the  necessity  of  re-oganizing  Montgomery 
Ward  &  Company  arose  the  bankers  and  business  men  who 
were  responsible  for  that  task  selected  Mr.  Merseles  as  the 
one  executive  who  could  rejuvenate  both  its  finances  and 
business.  This  he  has  done.  Montgomery  Ward  &  Com- 
pany under  his  direction  has  assumed  a  greater  proportion 
of  the  mail  order  business  than  it  ever  had  and  has  shown 
a  consistent  increase  in  sales  since  he  assumed  the  pres- 
idency. To-day  it  is  regarded  as  exceptionally  strong 
financially  and  on  a  sound  business  foundation,  and  full 
credit    is    given    Mr.     Merseles    for    the    transformation. 

His  business  ability  has  won  him  recognition  in  other 
fields  as  well.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Continental  and 
Commercial  Bank  of  Chicago,  the  Bronxville  (N.  Y)  Trust 
Company,  the  Crescent  Washing  Machine  Company  of  New 
Rochelle,  New  York,  the  Northern  Pacific  Railway  Company 
and  the  Seaboard  National  Bank  of  New  York.  He  served 
on  various  New  Jersey  commissions  under  Governor  Edge 
as  part  of  his  civic  activities  and  during  the  war  was  assist- 
ant to  Dwight  W.  Morrow,  director  of  the  New  Jersey  War 
Savings  Stamp  Campaign  and  was  also  active  in  Liberty 
Loan  work. 

Mr.  Merseles  married  Elizabeth  Rich  at  Jersey  City  on 
October  24,  1888.  He  has  three  sons,  Herbert  E.,  Henry 
R.    and    Theodore    I.    Merseles. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League  and  Mid-Day  Clubs 
of  Chicago,  and  the  Holland  Society,  Union  League  Club, 
India  House  and  Bankers  Club  of  New  York.  His  business 
address  is  618  West  Chicago  Avenue  and  he  resides  at  the 
Hotel    Ambassador,    Chicago. 

*      *      * 

WILLIAM  BENSON  STOREY 
(Continued  from  Page  60) 
Joaquin  Valley  Railway.  He  served  with  that  road  until 
1900,  when  he  became  chief  engineer  of  the  Eastern  Lines 
of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railway,  with  head- 
quarters at  Topeka,  Kansas.  In  1906,  he  was  promoted  to 
chief  engineer  of  the  entire  system  of  the  same  company, 
with    headquarters    in    Chicago. 

In  1909,  Mr.  Storey  became  vice-president  in  charge  of 
construction,  Chicago.  This  was  followed  a  year  later  by 
his  election  as  vice-president  in  charge  of  construction  and 
operation.  He  served  in  that  capacity  until  July  1,  1918, 
when  he  was  appointed  Federal  manager  of  the  Santa  Fe 
System.  This  position  he  retained  until  January  1,  1920, 
when    he    was    elected    president. 

Resides  being  president  of  the  Santa  Fe,  Mr.  Storey  also 
is  president  of  the  Gulf,  Colorado  &  Santa  Fe  Railway,  a 
director  of  the  Continental  and  Commercial  National  Bank 
of  Chicago,  a  director  of  the  Chicago  Morris  Plan  Bank 
and    a   trustee    of   the    Carnegie    Institution    of   Washington. 

Mr.  Storey  is  a  member  of  the  following  clubs  or  asso- 
ciations: University  of  Topeka.  Pacific  Union,  University 
of  San  Francisco,  Chicago,  University.  Engineers,  Indian 
Hill,  Traffic,  Casino,  of  Chicago;  Metropolitan  and  Mid- 
Day  of  New  York,  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers, 
Western  Society  of  Engineers,  American  Railway  Engineer- 
ing Association  and  Chicago  Historical  Society.  He  has 
been  honored  by  the  bestowment  of  two  degrees  by  the 
University  of  California,  that  of  Ph.  B.  in  1881,  and  that 
of   LL.D.   in    1924.      He   is  a   member  of   the   Phi   Beta    Kappa. 

San  Francisco  claims  the  place  of  birth  of  Mr.  Storey, 
he  being  born  there  November  17,  1857,  the  son  of  Wil- 
liam Bainbridge  and  Ellen  (Dean)  Storey.  On  May  21, 
1913,  he  married  Laura  B.  Roe  (nee  Rice)  at  San  Francis- 
co. His  home  is  at  199  Lake  Shore  Drive.  Chicago,  and  his 
office   at    Room    1015,    80    East  Jackson    Boulevard,    Chicago. 


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BRITTON  IHRIE  BUDD 
(Continued  from  Page  59) 
connection  with  the  road.  These  favorable  results  have  been 
obtained  through  Mr.  Budd's  well  known  policy  of  giving  the 
public  the  best  possible  service  and  taking  the  customers  of 
the  company  into  his  confidence  through  the  widest  pub- 
licity. 

A  descendant  of  one  of  the  oldest  Philadelphia  families, 
Mr.  Budd  was  born  in  San  Francisco  in  1871.  His  parents 
moved  to  Chicago  when  he  was  a  child,  so  that  his  early 
education  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  this  city. 
Pater  he  attended  Shattuck  School  at  Faribault,  Minnesota. 
Pi  1917  and  1918,  he  served  as  captain,  major  and 
lieutenant  colonel  of  the  Eleventh  Regiment,  Illinois  National 
Guard. 

In  addition  to  being  president  of  the  Chicago  Rapid  Tran- 
sit Company,  the  Chicago  North  Shore  and  Milwaukee  Rail- 
road Company  and  the  Public  Service  Company  of  Northern 
Illinois,  Mr.  Budd  is  a  vice-president  of  the  Illinois  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  and  was  president  of  the  American  Elec- 
tric Railway  Association  in  1924.  He  is  also  a  director  of 
the  Middle  West  Utilities  Company,  the  Northwest  Utilities 
Company,  Midland  Utilities  Company,  Public  Service  In- 
vestment Company  of  New  Jersey,  Wisconsin  Eight  and 
Power  Company,  Lake  Superior  District  Power  Company, 
Utility  Securities  Company,  Chicago  Auditorium  Association 
and  the  Highland  Park  State  Bank.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Union  League  Club,  the  Attic  Club,  the  Industrial  Club,  the 
Commercial  Club,  the  City  Club,  the  Evanston  Country  Club 
and  the  Western  Society  of  Engineers. 

*  *     * 

LUCIUS  TETER 
(Continued    from    Page   65) 
Agencies,    and    a    member    of   the    board    of    managers    of    the 
Young    Men's    Christian    Association    of    Chicago. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Club,  the  Mid-Day  Club, 
the  Union  League  Club,  the  Chicago  Athletic  Association, 
the  Quadrangle  Club,  the  Bankers  Club,  the  Onwentsia  and 
Knollwood  Club  (Lake  Forest),  and  the  Lotos  Club  (New 
York). 

Mr.  Teter  was  married,  October  23,  1900,  to  Clara  Hahn 
Lodor  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  There  are  two  chil- 
dren,   Elizabeth    Lodor    Teter    and    Charles    Lodor    Teter. 

His  business  address  is  79  West  Monroe  Street,  Chicago, 
and  he  maintains  residences  at  5637  Woodlawn  Avenue, 
Chicago,    and    at    Lake    Forest,    Illinois. 

*  *      * 

RALPH    MARTIN     SHAW 

(Continued    from    Page   64) 

ration  ;     the     McAvoy     Company;     the      Chicago      Breweries, 

Limited,    and    the    Wacker    and    Birk    Brewing    and    Malting 

Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Club,  the  Saddle  and 
Cycle  Club,  Onwentsia  Countrv  Club,  the  Yale  Club  of  Chi- 
cago, the  Mid-Day  Club,  the  Law  Club,  the  Old  Elm  Club, 
the  Racquet  Club  of  Chicago  and  the  Casino  Club;  the 
Yale  Club  of  New  York  and  the  Chevy  Chase  Club  of 
Maryland;  and  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Bar  Association, 
the  Illinois  State  Bar  Association,  the  American  Bar  Asso- 
ciation and  the  Bar  Association  of  the  City  of  New  York. 
He   is   a    Republican    and   an    Episcopalian. 

On  August  29,  1896,  he  was  married  to  Mary  Stephens, 
of  Chicago  at  Geneva,  Switzerland.  There  is  one  son: 
Ralph  Martin  Shaw,  Jr.  On  September  29,  1914,  he  was 
married    to    Mrs.    Louise    Sheppard    Tyler    of    Chicago. 

Mr.  Shaw's  office  is  at  1400  First  National  Bank  Build- 
ing, and  his  residence  is  1427  North  State  Parkway,  Chi- 
cago. 

*  *      * 

EDWARD  FRANCIS  CARRY 
(Continued  from  Page  57) 
serve  as  director  of  operations  of  the  United  States  Shipping 
Board,  which  he  did  from  September,  191 7,  to  October, 
1918.  For  the  succeeding  five  months,  he  was  a  trustee  of 
the  Emergency  Fleet  Corporation.  From  May,  191 8,  to 
January,  191 9,  he  served  as  chairman  of  the  Port  and 
Harbor  Facilities  Commission  of  the  United  States  Shipping 
Board. 

Mr.  Carry  married  Mabel  D.  Underwood  at  Chicago  on 
November  28,  1893,  and  there  are  two  daughters,  both  of 
whom  now  are  married.  They  are  Ermina  Carry  Nicholson 
and  Margaret  Carry  Cudahy.  He  is  a  member  of  the  fol- 
lowing clubs:  Chicago,  Chicago  Athletic,  Commercial,  Mid- 
Day,  Onwentsia,  Old  Elm,  Racquet,  Riding,  Saddle  and 
Cycle  and  Shore  Acres  of  Chicago;  Metropolitan  and  Links 
of  New  York,  and  Congressional  Country  and  Chevy  Chase, 
Washington,   D.    C. 

Residence  address:  199  Lake  Shore  Drive,  Chicago  and  in 
the  summer,  Lake  Forest,  Illinois.  Business  address:  Pull- 
man   Building,    Chicago. 


GEORGE  WOODRUFF 
(Continued  from  Page  66) 
Act.  During  1915  and  1916,  he  served  as  president  of  the 
Illinois  Bankers'  Association.  He  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  American  Acceptance  Council  of  New  York,  formed 
in  1917  for  the  development  of  the  use  of  the  acceptance  in 
this  country.  In  19 18,  he  served  as  a  member  of  the 
Executive  Committee  of  the  Liberty  Loan  organization  for 
the  Seventh  Federal  Reserve  District.  He  founded  the 
Illinois  Chamber  of  Commerce  in  1919,  serving  as  pres- 
ident   for    two    years. 

In  1920,  Mr.  Woodruff  was  selected  by  the  Illinois  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  to  visit  the  principal  commercial  coun- 
tries of  Europe,  and  in  the  year  following  he  represented 
the  organization  in  a  conference  with  business  leaders  in 
China    and    Japan. 

During  the  little  more  than  two  years,  Mr.  Woodruff  has 
been  connected  with  the  National  Bank  of  the  Republic,  the 
assets  have  grown  from  $28,000,000  to  more  than  $90,- 
000,000,  a  part  of  which  increase  was  due  to  the  acquisition 
of    the    National    City    Bank. 

Mr.  Woodruff  also  is  chairman  of  the  Board  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Joliet  and  of  the  Woodruff  Securities  Com- 
pany. He  has  three  times  been  selected  as  a  member  of  the 
Executive  Council  of  the  American  Bankers'  Association  and 
for  many  years  has  been  a  contributor  to  the  pages  of 
various    financial    publications. 

The    education     of     Mr.     Woodruff    was     obtained     at    the 
Universities    of    Michigan    and    Yale.      He    also    studied    bank- 
ing  in    England,    France   and    Germany. 
*      *      * 

JOHN  A.  LYNCH 
(Continued  from  Page  69) 
John  A.  Lynch  first,  but  I  would  not  be  understood  as  giv- 
ing it  precedence  over  that  of  the  bank  itself,  in  wdiose 
behalf  I  would  say  that  its  president  has  been  its  most 
faithful  friend.  During  the  perilous  days  of  1893,  1894, 
1895  and  1896,  the  president  placed  his  entire  fortune  at 
my  disposal,  in  case  it  would  be  necessary  to  use  it  for 
the  protection  of  the  bank.  Time  and  again,  he  sold  securi- 
ties at  a  sacrifice  and  turned  the  money  into  the  vaults  of 
this  bank,  for  its  protection.  Once  during  the  financial 
panic  of  1893,  he  got  up  from  a  sick  bed  and  came  to  me 
one  morning  at  the  bank  to  tell  me  that  he  had  enough 
money  to  pay  every  dollar  that  was  due  to  the  bank's 
depositors,  and  that  he  would  do  it  if  necessary.  I  can 
not  begin  to  enumerate  the  instances  of  substantial  support 
he  has  given  to  the  bank  in  times  when  disaster  seemed 
to   threaten   its  career." 

And  again  reflecting  the  characteristic  loyalty  and  devo- 
tion of  Mr.  Lynch,  its  president,  the  National  Bank  of  the 
Republic,  during  the  panic  of  1907  at  considerable  expense 
imported  $1,000,000  in  gold  to  meet  the  possible  currency 
demands  of  its  customers  and  correspondents,  thus  obviating 
the  necessity  for  calling  a  single  loan  or  distressing  a  single 
customer    during    the    entire    period    of    disturbance. 

In  December,  1924,  the  National  City  Bank  of  Chicago 
merged  with  the  National  Bank  of  the  Republic  and  John 
A.  Lynch  was  retained  as  chairman  of  the  consolidated  in- 
stitution, which  brought  to  its  new  identity  total  resources 
of  $95,000,000.  An  interesting  item  in  connection  with  the 
development  of  the  bank  is  that  when  Mr.  Lynch  became 
president  in  1892,  its  personnel  consisted  of  less  than  a 
score  of  officers  and  employes  while  at  the  present  time  its 
staff  numbers  more  than  550  people.  Affiliated  with  the 
new  National  Bank  of  the  Republic  and  owned  by  its  share- 
holders is  the  National  Republic  Company,  with  a  capital  of 
$500,000  which  Mr.  Lynch  also  serves  as  chairman  of  the 
board. 

A  dignified  and  gracious  bearing,  distinction  of  manner, 
and  unceasing  but  quiet  activity  are  the  salient  features  of 
Mr.  Lynch's  outward  personality.  A  contemporary  biographer 
said  of  him:  "His  friends — and  they  are  many — always  find 
him  genial  and  any  caller  is  sure  of  his  courteous  attention 
when  the  object  of  the  visit  comes  within  the  pale  of  busi- 
ness affairs  or  of  the  still  wider  interests  that  affect  the 
city  along  many  of  its  lines  of  progress  and  advancement." 
He  has  always  evidenced  the  keenest  interest  in  the  wel- 
fare of  his  associates  and  employes  and  after  a  comprehensive 
study  of  the  ways  and  means  to  health,  he  has  devoted  con- 
siderable time  and  thought  in  sharing  with  others  the  knowl- 
edge   he   has   acquired   for   the   betterment    of   humanity. 

Mr.  Lynch  w-as  president  of  the  Chicago  Clearing  House 
Association  for  three  years  and  he  is  now  a  member  of  the 
Clearing  House  Committee  and  one  of  its  vice-chairmen; 
past  president  of  Board  of  Trustees  of  St.  Mary's  Train- 
ing School ;  treasurer  of  the  Catholic  Church  Extension 
Society  and  of  the  Catholic  Home  Finding  Association;  a 
governing  member  of  the  Chicago  Art  Institute,  and  a 
member  of  the  Chicago,  Chicago  Athletic,  Bankers,  Mid-Day 
and     Edgewater     Golf     Clubs.  His     favorite     recreation     is 

traveling. 

Mr.  Lynch  was  married  on  January  21,  1896,  to  Clara  M., 
daughter    of   John    Schmahl    of    Chicago. 


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JOHN  FOSTER  GILCHRIST 
(Continued  from  Page  71) 
Edison  Company,  he  is  vice-president  and  director  of  the 
Middle  West  Utilities  Company;  president  and  director  of 
the  Federal  Electric  Company;  president  and  director  of  the 
Utility  Securities  Company;  president  and  director  of  the 
Illinois  Maintenance  Company,  and  president  and  director 
of  the  Chicago  &  Illinois  Midland  Railway  Company.  He 
is  also  a  director  of  the  Public  Service  Company  of  Illinois, 
the  Central  Illinois  Public  Service  Company  and  the 
Michigan    Gas    and     Electric    Company. 

In  km-',  Mr.  Gilchrist  was  president  of  the  National  Elec- 
tric Light  Association,  an  organization  of  all  the  electric 
utilities  in  the  United  States,  and  at  present  he  is  president 
of  the  Association  of  Edison  Illuminating  Companies,  an 
organization  of  all  the  utility  companies  owning  licenses 
issued  by   Thomas  A.    Edison. 

During  the  war,  Mr.  Gilchrist  was  chief  of  the  Chicago 
district    organization    of    the    American     Protective    League. 

Mr.  Gilchrist  married  Emma  Lock  Boyd  at  Chicago, 
November  10,  1896.  There  are  three  children,  John  M. 
Gilchrist.  Marian  11.  Gilchrist  and  Dorothy  F.  Gilchrist.  He 
resides  at  5406  Blackstone  Avenue,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Chicago  (lull,  the  Union  League  Club,  the  South  Shore 
Country  Club,  the  Attic  Club,  the  Mid-Day  Club,  the 
Chicago  Athletic  Association,  the  Flossmoor  Country  Club, — 
in  the  organization  of  which,  in  1899,  he  was  a  leader — 
the  Engineers  Club  (New  York)  and  the  Quadrangle  Club. 
*      *     * 

DIXON    C.    WILLIAMS 
(Continued    from    Page    68) 
had    been    named     for    his    step-father. 

In  1889,  when  natural  .«as  was  discovered  in  Anderson, 
Indiana,  Mr.  Williams  went  to  that  city  and  secured  the 
franchise  for  a  traction  line,  which  he  built.  He  also  con- 
tinued with  his  lectures,  but  in  1893,  his  health  failed  and 
for  the  following  three  years  it  was  necessary  for  him  to 
forego  all  but  an  occasional  appearance  on  the  platform. 
In  this  same  year,  he  came  to  Chicago  to  become  associated 
with    manufacturing    interests. 

Twenty  years  ago,  .Mr.  Williams  became  president  of  the 
Chicago  Nipple  .Manufacturing  Company,  which  now  has 
two  factories  in  Chicago,  one  in  Baltimore  and  one  in 
I. us  Angeles.  The  general  office  is  in  New  York  and  the 
operating    office    in    Chicago. 

During  the  war,  he  spoke  under  the  direction  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Public  Information  in  various  sections,  where 
patriotic  spirit  was  lagging,  in  support  of  America's  entry 
into  the  war  on  the  side  of  the  Allied  Nations.  Later  he 
was  in  charge  of  a  Liberty  Loan  Exhibit  Train,  on  which  he 
traveled  to  ten  states,  speaking  on  the  necessity  of  public 
subscription    to    the    war    loans. 

In  President  Wilson's  first  term,  Mr.  Williams  was  ap- 
pointed postmaster  at  Chicago,  and  in  1924,  he  was  treas- 
urer of  the  McAdoo  campaign  for  the  Democratic  nomina- 
tion  to  the   presidency. 

He  is  president  of  the  Southern  Society  of  Chicago,  and 
is  a  former  president  of  the  Southern  Club;  a  member  of 
the  Press,  Iroquois,  Lake  Shore  Athletic  and  roo-Year  Clubs 
of  Chicago;  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, and  an  elder  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Lake 
View. 

Mr.  Williams  has  one  son,  J.  Lester  Williams,  and  one 
daughter,  the  former  Mai  Fare  Williams,  now  Mrs.  Alfred 
Soriano.  His  home  is  at  414  Diversey  Parkway,  and  his 
office    is    at    1966    Southport    Avenue,    Chicago. 

JOHN  CLAY 
(Continued  from  Page  72) 
West.  He  was  manager  one  time  and  another  of  the  fol- 
lowing cattle  and  sheep  concerns:  The  California  Pastoral 
Company,  Merced,  California;  The  Wyoming  Cattle  Ranch 
Company,  Sweetwater,  Wyoming;  The  Swan  Land  and  Cat- 
tle Company,  Chugwater,  Wyoming;  The  Western  Ranches, 
Belle  Fourche,  South  Dakota;  The  Dickey  Cattle  Company, 
Alz.ida,  Montana;  The  SH  Cattle  Company,  Garland, 
Montana;  and  The  Cattle  Ranch  and  Land  Company,  Hig- 
gins,  Texas.  He  was  president  of  the  Wyoming  Stock 
Growers'  Association  from  1889  to  1896.  He  is  president 
of  the  International  Live  Stock  Exposition,  and  has  been 
active  in  support  of  our  agricultural   colleges. 

Mr.  Clay  is  a  fluent  speaker  and  writes  frequently  on 
matters  pertaining  to  the  farm.  He  is  the  author  of  "Old 
Days  Recalled,"  "Reminiscences  of  Ontario"  and  "My  Life 
on    the    Range,"    etc. 

During  a  busy  life  he  has  given  a  good  deal  of  time  to 
sport,  more  especially  fox  hunting,  going  many  winters  to 
his  native  Borderland.  He  was  six  years  master  of  the 
North  Northumberland  Foxhounds,  keeping  the  pack  at  his 
own  expense.  His  home  is  at  4030  Lake  Park  Avenue, 
Chicago,  Illinois,  and  he  has  a  country  place  at  Eastern 
Point,  Gloucester,  Massachuetts.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Chicago  Club  and  various  other  clubs.  He  has  been  twice 
married.  His  son,  John  Clay,  Jr.,  by  his  first  wife,  is  now 
in  business  with  him,  having  headquarters  in  the  Rookery 
Building,  where  the  financial  office  of  the  firm  has  been 
located    for   over   thirty   years. 


ROBERT    FRANKLIN    CARR 

(Continued  from  Page  73) 
cause,  then  to  put  together  a  formula  for  the  correction  of 
each  water,  and  to  produce  these  combinations  in  the  most 
desirable  form  tor  easy  and  economical  use  by  the  steam 
user.  This  plan  met  with  such  general  success  in  giving  the 
desired  results  that  within  a  few  years  the  business  wa 
tended   throughout   the   country. 

The  founder  of  the  Dearborn  Company  was  William  II. 
Edgar,  a  chemist  of  unusual  ability  who  has  associated  with 
him  the  well-known  chemist,  Frank  E.  Mariner  and  the 
latter's  father,  Dr.  George  A.  Mariner,  who  for  many  years 
associated  with  the  firm  of  Mariner  and  Hoskins,  general 
chemists.  When  the  Mariners  withdrew  from  the  firm,  Mr. 
Carr  purchased  their  interest  in  the  business.  Mr.  Edgar 
remained  president  of  the  company  until  his  death  in  1905, 
when    he    was    succeeded   by    Mr.    Carr. 

After  the  company  had  fully  demonstrated  its  ability  to 
deal  successfully  with  the  water  problems  of  stationary  steam 
boilers  they  turned  their  attention  to  the  somewhat  more 
intricate  problem  of  water  for  use  in  railway  locomotive 
boilers.  The  difficulties  here  were  increased  by  the  neces- 
sity for  taking  water  of  varying  combinations  at  different 
points  along  the  line.  After  devoting  an  extended  period 
to  the  study  of  the  chemical  nature  of  the  proposition  to- 
gether with  the  mechanical  conditions,  the  company  produced 
chemicals  to  correct  the  existing  conditions,  securing  suc- 
cessful results  in  the  prevention  of  scale  formation,  or  cor- 
rosion, pitting,  or  foaming,  as  the  case  might  be;  result- 
ing not  only  in  great  economies  in  extending  the  life  of  flues 
and  sheets  and  enabling  the  railroads  to  keep  boilers  in 
service  for  longer  periods  between  washings,  but  effecting 
as  well  a  considerable  saving  in  fuel.  For  the  past  eighteen 
years  the  leading  railroads  of  the  country  have  employed 
the  services  of  the  Dearborn  Laboratories  to  aid  them  in 
the    solution    of    their    locomotive    boiler    water    problems. 

The  general  offices  of  the  company  are  at  310  South 
Michigan  Avenue,  Chicago,  while  the  New  York  City  head- 
quarters are  at  299  Broadway.  The  branch  offices  of  the 
concern  in  the  United  States  and  abroad  are  located  at 
Boston,  Philadelphia,  Baltimore,  Buffalo,  Pittsburgh,  Cin- 
cinnati, Cleveland,  Indianapolis,  Atlanta,  Saint  Louis,  Peoria, 
Detroit,  Milwaukee,  Saint  Paul,  Kansas  City,  Denver,  San 
Francisco,  Los  Angeles,  Honolulu,  Manila,  Havana,  Buenos 
Aires,  Toronto,  Barcelona  and  Santiago,  while  there  are 
agencies  of  the  company  at  London,  Tokio,  Tientsin,  Shang- 
hai, Calcutta,  Sydney  and  Johannesburg.  The  company 
maintains    a    manufacturing    plant    at    Toronto,    Canada. 

In  addition  to  the  presidency  of  the  Dearborn  Chemical 
Company,  Mr.  Carr  is  a  director  of  the  Continental  and 
Commercial    National    Bank. 

From  1914  to  1020,  he  was  a  member  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  University  of  Illinois  and  during  1919  and 
1920,  he  was  president  of  the  board.  He  is  a  life  member 
of  the  Chicaeo  Historical  Society,  the  Art  Institute  of 
Chicago,  the  Field  Museum  of  Natural  History;  a  member 
of  the  American  Chemical  Society,  and  is  president  of  the 
Home    for    Destitute    Crippled    Children    of    Chicago. 

Mr.  Carr  is  a  member  of  the  following  clubs:  University 
of  Chicago,  of  which  he  has  been  president  since  1923,  the 
Chicago  Athletic  Association,  the  Union  League  Club,  the 
Industrial  Club  of  Chicago  (president  1 920-1921),  Old  Elm 
Club,  the  Racquet  Club  of  Chicago,  Shoreacres  Country 
Club.  Chicago  Riding  Club,  the  Casino  Club,  the  Iroquois 
Club,  the  Congressional  Country  Club,  Washington;  the 
Railroad  Club,  New  York,  and  the  Midwick  Club,  Los 
Angeles. 

On  April  25,  1906,  Mr.  Carr  was  married  to  Louise 
Benjamin  Smiley  at  Chicago.  There  are  three  children: 
Louise  Hagar  Carr,  Florence  Smiley  Carr  and  Robert  Frank- 
lin Carr,  Jr.  His  business  address  is  310  South  Michigan 
Avenue     and     his     residence     is     at     209     Lake     Shore     Drive, 

Chicago. 

*      *      * 

BENJAMIN   E.   BENSINGER 

(Continued    from    Page    91) 
to    make   a    hurried    trip    to    some    point    in    Europe    to    insure 
the   appearance    of   a    skillful    player    in   the   tournament. 

An  interesting  sidelight  on  Mr.  Bensinger's  activities  is 
the  fact  that  he,  personally,  directs  the  purchase  of  the 
ivory  from  which  billiard  balls  are  manufactured,  which 
requires  the  inspection  of  a  vast  number  of  tusks  and  the 
expert  selection  of  only  those  that  are  properly  suited  to  the 
manufacture     of     billiard     balls. 

Mr.  Bensinger  is  a  member  of  the  Illinois  Athletic  Club, 
the  Standard  Club,  the  Lake  Shore  Country  Club,  the  City 
Club   and   the    Down   Town    Club. 

On  January  20,  1896,  he  was  married  to  Rose  Frank  at 
Chicago,  Illinois.  There  are  two  sous:  Robert  F.  and  B. 
Edward    Bensinger,    Jr. 

His  office  is  623-633  South  Wabash  Avenue,  Chicago,  and 
his    residence    is    at    Glencoe,    Illinois. 


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JOHN  WILLIAM  O'LEARY 
(Continued  from  Page  79) 
the  Chicago  Association  of  Commerce.  With  his  interest 
in  matters  of  public  concern  and  his  capacity  for  organiza- 
tion, Mr.  O'Leary  was  drafted  for  numerous  services,  regional 
and  national,  during  the  war.  As  examples  it  may  be  men- 
tioned that  he  was  chairman  of  the  War  Council  of  the 
Chicago  Association  of  Commerce,  a  member  of  the  State 
Fuel  Administration,  chairman  of  the  Metal  Trades  Group 
and  advisory  committee  of  the  United  States  Labor  Board. 
Following  the  war,  Mr.  O'Leary  was  a  member  of  the  First 
President's  Industrial  Conference.  He  is  at  present  vice- 
chairman    of   the    National    Industrial    Conference    Board. 

Mr.  O'Leary's  extensive  service  as  a  member  of  the 
Chicago  Association  of  Commerce  and  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  of  the  United  States  received  special  recognition 
in  May,  1925,  in  his  election  to  the  presidency  of  the  Na- 
tional   Chamber. 

Mr.  O'Leary  has  been,  since  its  beginning,  vice-chairman 
of  the  Citizens'  Committee  to  Enforce  the  Landis  Award. 
The  purpose  of  this  organization,  as  will  be  recalled,  is  the 
maintenance  of  reasonable  building  costs  in  Chicago,  the 
elimination  of  graft  and  the  protection  of  men  working  under 
open  shop  agreements.  In  his  own  mind,  the  service  has 
been  justified  by  a  recognition  of  the  importance  of  unre- 
stricted increase  in  housing  and  industrial  facilities  for 
Chicago's    rapidly    growing   population. 

Mr.  O'Leary's  local  business  connections  include  member- 
ship on  the  directorates  of  the  following  organizations:  The 
Advance  Rumely  Company,  Illinois  Car  and  Manufacturing 
Company,  Templeton  Kenly  &  Company,  Limited,  1  North- 
western Terra  Cotta  Company,  Belden  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, Chicago  Crucible  Company,  G.  A.  Soden  &  Company, 
Chicago  Railways  Company,  Republic  Realty  Mortgage  Cor- 
poration and  the  First  Englewood  State  Bank.  He  is  receiver 
of  the    defunct   Michigan   Avenue   Trust   Company. 

Mr.  O'Leary's  philanthropic  service  includes  membership 
on  the  boards  of  directors  of  the  Infant  Welfare  Society, 
the  Committee  of  Fifteen  and  the  Chicago  Crime  Commis- 
sion. He  is  vice-president  of  the  Chicago  Sunday  Evening 
Club   and    trustee    of   the   Wesley   Memorial    Hospital. 

Mr.  O'Leary  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Athletic  Associa- 
tion, Midday  Club,  Midlothian  Country  Club.  South  Shore 
Country  Club,  Knollwood  Club,  the  Attic,  the  Industrial  Club 
of  Chicago,  Lotos  Club  of  New  York,  Ludington  Country 
Club  of  Ludington,  Michigan.  In  1901  Mr.  O'Leary  was 
married  to  Alice  Estelle  Smith  of  Chicago.  They  have  five 
children:  Alice  Estelle,  Lillian  Emma,  Dorothy  Rose,  Janet 
Edna  and  John  William,  Jr.  Residence,  4331  Drexel  Boule- 
vard, Chicago;  summer  home,  Lake  Forest,  Illinois. 
*      *      * 

LOUIS  ECKSTEIN  AND  RAVINIA 
(Continued  from  Page  81) 
world's  opera  houses  they  come  for  the  summer  season  at 
Ravinia,  and  likewise  from  all  quarters  of  the  music  loving 
world  come  patrons  of  opera  to  worship  at  this  North  Shore 
shrine  of  artistry.  Ravinia  is  as  well  known  in  the  music 
centers  of  Europe  as  it  is  here  in  America,  and  there  is  no 
artist  so  big  but  that  he  considers  an  invitation  to  sing  at 
Ravinia   an   honor   and   a   privilege. 

Famous  conductors  occupy  the  desk  at  Ravinia  and  equally 
famous  stage  managers  lend  their  genius  to  its  productions. 
There  is  a  large  chorus  and  the  Chicago  Symphony  Orches- 
tra, for  Ravinia  is  the  only  opera  house  in  the  world  em- 
ploying a  permanent  symphonic  organization.  There  are 
concerts  one  night  and  several  afternoons  a  week,  and 
there  are  special  concerts  for  the  instruction  and  entertain- 
ment of  children.  It  is  a  great  enterprise,  this  Ravinia 
Opera,  an  enterprise  founded  on  altruism  and  idealism'  and 
utterly    divorced    from    commerciality. 

Every  year  its  deficit  is  enormous,  but  that  is  expected. 
Mr.  Eckstein  realizes  that  opera,  sung  by  the  greatest  stars 
and  in  surroundings  like  those  of  Ravinia  and  then  offered 
at  an  admission  charge  which  is  scarcely  half  of  that  one 
usually  expects  in  connection  with  a  great  operatic  or- 
ganization, must  incur  a  gigantic  deficit.  Ravinia  is  Louis 
Eckstein's  greatest  concern.  To  it  he  devotes  his  personal 
attention,  directing  all  of  its  departments.  It  was  conceived 
in  a  spirit  of  finest  idealism.  It  is  the  result  of  a  great 
vision.  Small  wonder  then  that  mention  of  Ravinia  brings 
to  mind  the  name  of  Louis  Eckstein  or  that  Mr.  Eckstein 
is  in  equal  measure  suggestive  of  Ravinia.  They  are  one 
and    inseparable. 


BERNARD    A.     ECKHART 

(Continued   from   Page   99) 

Mr.  Eckhart  held  the  position  of  assistant  treasurer  of  the 
National     Republican     Committee. 

During  the  Thirty-fifth  and  Thirty-sixth  General  As- 
semblies of  the  Illinois  Legislature,  1887-9,  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  State  Senate,  in  which  he  served  with  charac- 
teristic  loyalty   and   ability. 

He  was  instrumental  in  having  enacted  in  laws  many 
useful  and  progressive  measures  while  he  represented  the 
First  Senatorial  District  of  Illinois  in  the  Senate;  among 
others,   the   statute   creating   the    Sanitary   District   of   Chicago. 

From  1 89 1  to  1900,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  Sanitary  District  of  Chicago,  of  which  he 
was  president  from  December,  1895,  to  December,  1896. 
Preparatory  to  opening  the  canal  in  1900,  when  the  main 
channel  was  completed,  he  secured  a  permit  from  the 
United  States  Government  through  General  Alger,  the 
then  Secretary  of  War,  to  draw  the  waters  from  Lake 
Michigan    into   the   canal. 

From  July,  1905,  to  February,  1908,  he  was  president  of 
the  Board  of  West  Park  Commissioners,  and  during  that 
period  of  time  reconstructed  the  entire  West  Park  System 
and  created  the  first  small  parks  and  playgrounds  on  the 
West    Side. 

In  1905,  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  Chicago  Charger  Con- 
vention, in  which  he  served  as  chairman  of  the  Committee 
on    Rules,    Procedure    and    General    Plans. 

In  1907,  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  Railroad  and 
Warehouse  Commission  and  served  until  1913.  He  was 
largely  responsible  for  the  abolition  of  grade  crossings  in 
the  State  of  Illinois,  between  steam  railroads  and  electric 
roads. 

It  is  worthy  of  special  note  that  Mr.  Eckhart  was  promi- 
nently identified  with  the  organization  of  Chicago's  celebrated 
military  body  that  made  a  gallant  record  in  the  Spanish- 
American  War — the  First  Infantry  Regiment  of  Illinois 
National  Guard,  in  which  he  served  as  an  officer  for  sev- 
eral   years. 

In  1906,  he  augmented  his  military  distinction  by  becom- 
ing an  aide-de  camp  on  the  staff  of  Governor  Deneen,  dur- 
ing whose  administration  he  served  in  this  capacity,  with 
the   rank   of   colonel. 

Mr.  Eckhart  was  the  first  president  of  the  Millers' 
National  Federation,  of  which  position  he  was  the  incumbent 
from    1902   to    1904. 

In  1903,  he  was  president  of  the  Illinois  Manufacturers' 
Association;  in  1908,  he  was  vice-president  of  the  National 
Council  of  Commerce;  and  in  191 0,  he  was  appointed  a 
delegate  by  President  Taft,  to  the  International  Congress  on 
Commercial  Education,  in  the  City  of  Vienna,  Austria.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  created  to  prepare 
for  the  bill  for  presentation  in  the  Illinois  legislature  to 
effect    the    establishing    of    the    Municipal    Court    of    Chicago. 

He  is  one  of  the  trustees  and  the  treasurer  of  Lewis 
Institute,  one  of  the  noble  and  practical  educational  institu- 
tions of  Chicago,  and  is  vice-chairman  of  the  executive  com- 
mittee of  "the  Chicago  Community  Trust.  His  appreciation 
of  the  amenities  of  social  life  are  indicated  by  his  member- 
ship in  the  following  named  and  representative  Chicago  or- 
ganizations, viz. :  the  Chicago  Club,  Union  League  Club, 
Commercial  Club,  the  Art  Club,  Old  Elm  Club,  Onwentsia 
Club,  Shoreacres,  Bankers'  Club,  the  Riding  Club  of  Chi- 
cago, Congressional  Country  Club  (Washington,  District  of 
Columbia)  and  Midwick  Country  Club  (Pasadena,  Califor- 
nia.) 

Mr.  Eckhart  is  also  a  governing  member  of  the  Art  In- 
stitute   of    Chicago. 

In  the  service  of  his  country  during  the  Great  World 
War,  Mr.  Eckhart  served  as  chairman  of  the  Illinois-Wis- 
consin Milling  Division  of  the  United  States  Food  Ad- 
ministration, director  and  member  of  the  executive  commit- 
tee   of    the    Citizens    War    Board,    Chicago. 

Within  the  restricted  confines  of  a  sketch  of  this  neces- 
sarily limited  province,  it  is  impossible  to  give  details  con- 
cerning the  long  and  splendid  career  of  Mr.  Eckhart,  but 
the  mere  statements  of  fact  that  have  been  given  carry  in 
their  train  due  significance  with  their  lessons  of  incentive 
and    inspiration. 

On  the  25th  of  December,  1874,  was  solemnized  the  mar- 
riage of  Mr.  Eckhart  to  Miss  Katie  L.  Johnston,  of  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio,  and  they  have  four-  children,  namely:  Carlos 
K.  Eckhart,  Percy  B.  Eckhart.  Hazel  Eckhart  (now  Mrs. 
Truman  W.  Brophy,  Jr.)  and  Dorothy  Eckhart  (now  Mrs. 
E.    Reginald    Williams). 


JAMES  EWING  BENNETT 
(Continued  from  Page  86) 
daughters — Barbara  Jane,  Mary  Elizabeth  and  Ruth  Anne. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Athletic,  South  Shore  Coun- 
try, Flossmoor  Country,  Chicago  Yacht,  Chicago  Riding  and 
Kansas  City  Clubs.  His  business  address  is  332  South  La 
Salle    Street,   and   home:    5333    University   Avenue,    Chicago. 


JOHN    JAY    BRYANT,    JR. 

(Continued    from    Page    92) 

Sons    of   the   American    Revolution.      On    November    22.    1916, 

he     was    married     to     Caroline     Ferguson     Voigt    at     Norfolk, 

Virginia.     There    is    one    daughter:    Anne    Bryant. 

His    business    address    is    209    South    La    Salle    Street,    Chi- 
cago,  and   his   residence   is   Wheaton,    Illinois. 


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WILLIAM  JOHN  JACKSON 
(Continued  from  Page  77) 
Evansville  and  Terre  Haute  railroads,  when  latter  road  was 
consolidated  with  Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois;  continued  as 
vice-president  and  general  manager  of  Chicago  iV  Eastern 
Illinois  to  .May  27.  1913;  receiver  to  April  27,  1918,  also 
operating  agent  of  Evansville  and  Indianapolis  Railroad  to 
February  28,  iqi6;  president  of  the  Chicago  and  Eastern 
Illinois  Railroad  to  July  1,  1918;  Federal  manager  of  the 
Chicago  and  Eastern  Illinois,  Chicago,  Terre  llante  and 
Southeastern  and  Evansville  and  Indianapolis  railroads,  to 
February  29,  [920;  re-appointed  receiver  of  Chicago  and 
Eastern  Illinois  Railroad,  on  March  1,  1920,  elected  president 
of  Chicago  and  Eastern  Illinois  Railway  Company;  January 
1,    1922,    and    still    acting    in    that    capacity. 

Also  president  of  Southern  Illinois  and  Missouri  Bridge 
Company;  director  of  the  licit  Railway  Company  of  Chicago; 
director  of  Chicago  and  Western  Indiana  Railroad  Com- 
pany: director  of  Missouri  and  Illinois  Bridge  and  Belt 
Railroad  Company;  director  of  Ward  Baking  Company; 
director  of  National  Bank  of  Republic,  Chicago;  president  of 
the  Union  League  Club  of  Chicago;  member  of  Board  of 
Governors  of  the  South  Shore  Country  Club;  member  of 
Beverly  Country  Club,  the  Chicago  Club,  and  Lake  Shore 
Athletic    Club. 

lie  was  married  on  August  28,  1884,  to  Eliza  Jane  Pres- 
ton,   and    has    three    daughters    and    one    son,    all    of    whom    are 

living. 

*  *      * 

R.    FLOYD   CLINCH 
(Continued    from    Page   95) 
Illinois    as     well    as    being    a     member    of    its    executive    com- 
mittee,   a    member    of    the    board    of    managers    of    the    Young 
Men's    Christian    Association,    and    a    trustee    of    the    Chicago 
Evening    Club. 

Mr.  Clinch  owns  a  large  farm  at  Traverse  City.  Michigan, 
that  is  a  model  for  the  entire  region.  He  is  president  and 
a  director  of  the  Traverse  City  State  Bank;  president  of  the 
Hannah  &  Lay  Company,  flour  millers  and  hotel  owners  in 
Traverse  City,  and  president  of  the  Hannah  S;  Lay  Mer- 
cantile  Company,    which    operates   a    large   general    store. 

Mr.  Clinch,  at  one  time  and  another,  has  been  a  member 
of  most  of  the  important  committees  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  in  the  diocese  of  Chicago  and  is  a  vestry- 
man   in    the   church    in    his   own   parish. 

In  1890,  Mr.  Clinch  was  married  to  Katharine  S.  Lay  of 
Chicago.  There  is  one  son,  Duncan  Lamont  Clinch,  and 
one   daughter,    Margaret    Lay    Clinch. 

lie  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Club,  the  Union  League 
Club,  the  Chicago  Yacht  Club  and  the  Indian  Hill  Golf 
Club,  a  life  member  of  the  Sons  of  Colonial  War.  His 
business  address  is  the  Rookery  Building,  Chicago,  and  his 
residence   is   at    Hubbard    W-"  '       T'linois. 

*  *      * 

GUY  HUSTON 
(Continued  from  Page  107) 
interest  in  country  banks  in  that  section.  When  the  Farm 
Loan  Act  was  passed  in  1916,  he  applied  for  a  charter  for 
the  Chicago  Joint  Stock  Land  Bank,  his  application  being 
one  of  the  first  four  applications  to  start  banks  anywhere 
received  at  the  treasury.  Followed  the  organization  of  the 
other  banks  in  which  he  is  interested.  As  the  system  grew 
it  was  necessary  to  1'md  a  stable  market  for  the  securities 
of  the  various  banks  and  the  Guy  Huston  Company  was 
organized  to  act  as  fiscal  agent  for  each  of  the  banks.  In 
1924,  the  hanks  in  which  Mr.  Huston  is  interested,  earned 
a    cross    profit    of    $2,000,000. 

Bred  in  an  atmosphere  of  large  land  owners — his  grand- 
father settled  in  Illinois  in  1827,  and  was  operating  sixty- 
three  farms  at  the  time  of  his  death — Mr.  Huston  continues 
the  family  tradition  and  is  the  owner  of  many  farms  in 
Illinois  and  Iowa,  as  well  as  being  interested  in  a  number 
of    country    banks. 

His  club  memberships  include  the  Union  League  and 
Bankers   of   Chicago   and   the   Bankers   of  New   York. 

On  December  _'.!,  1904,  he  was  married  to  Zclla  Argen- 
bright  at  Blandinsville,  Illinois.  'I  here  is  one  daughter, 
Ann   Huston. 

Mr.  Huston  has  offices  at  208  South  La  Salle  Street, 
Chicago,    and    at    (1 1     Broadway,    New    York.      His    residence    is 

7;    Park   Avenue,    New    York. 

*  *     * 

W.  J.  KLINGENBERG 
(Continued  from  Page  114) 
responsible  for  the  sale  of  $13,000,000  worth  of  Liberty 
bonds  to  (1S.000  persons,  and  as  head  of  the  Red  Cross  in 
the  same  district  he  raised  many  hundreds  of  thousands 
of  dollars.  War  organizations  founded  by  him  enrolled 
2,000    men    and     women    of    alien    birth. 

Mr.  Klingenberg  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees 
of  the  Ravenswood  Hospital,  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason 
ami  a  Shriner,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Evanston  Coif  Club, 
Evanston,  Illinois;  the  Harrington  llill  Country  Club,  Bar- 
rington,  Illinois;  the  Blue  Grass  Country  Club.  Cave  City, 
Kentucky;  the  Chicago  Yacht  Club,  Edgewater  Beach  Yacht 
Club    ami    Chicago     Riding    Club,    Chicago. 

His  business  address  is  the  Sheridan  Trust  and  Savings 
Bank    Building,    Chicago. 


THEODORE    CHRIS!  I  \X    KELLER 
(Continued    I  P 

(  >n     November     22.      [89  [     cxccutoi      and 

trustee   of    the   Andrew    Crawford   estate,   and    became   directoi 
o!     the     Graham     and     Morton     Transportation     Company,     as 
representative   of   the    Crawford   interests.     No  bond    was    r< 
quired   of    Mr.    Keller    for   the   performance   of   this   exei 
ship     and     trusteeship     and     this     was     characterized     by     a 
prominent   Chicago  banker  "as  a   very  tpliment." 

The  Crawford  interest  in  tin-  Graham  and  VEorton  Com- 
pany was  approximately  50  tier  cent,  of  the  capital  stock 
and  Mr.  Keller's  directorship  ended  after  he  had  effected 
a  settlement  with  the  other  stockholders  for  a  division  of 
the  assets  of  the  company;  the  Crawford  estate  reci 
the  real  estate  owned  by  the  company,  in  Chicago  and 
Michigan,  and  other  stockholders  receiving  the  ships,  busi- 
ness and  other  good  will,  the  Graham  and  Morton  Trans- 
portation Company  paying  a  substantial  rental  for  tin  real 
estate    used    as    terminals    under    a    twenty-year    lease. 

In  mm,  Mr.  Keller  organized  the  Northwestern  Powder 
Company  at  Newport.  Indiana;  capacity  600  kegs  of  blasting 
powder  a  day.  After  four  years  of  successful  operation  tin 
company    was    sold    for    $120,000. 

In  J  004.  he  organized  the  firm  of  T.  C.  Keller  and  Com- 
panv  which  purchased  1.700  acres  of  coal  in  Sullivan  County, 
Indiana,  developed  a  new  mine  and  after  several  years  of 
successful  operation  sold  out  to  the  Consolidated  Coal  Com- 
pany    of     Indiana      for     approximately     $300,000. 

During  1905,  1906  and  1907,  he  began  the  purchase  of 
6,000  acres  of  coal  lands  in  Franklin  County,  Illinois;  or- 
ganized the  Franklin  Colleries  Company  as  a  holding  com- 
pany and  the  Sesser  Coal  Company  as  an  operating  com- 
pany. After  twelve  years  of  successful  operation  the  com- 
panies   were   sold    for   $1,250,000. 

In  1908,  he  purchased  real  estate  at  Fifteenth  Street  and 
the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  tracks  for  use  as  a  coal  yard,  but 
a  few  years  later  sold  the  property  to  the  Central  Terminal 
Railway  Company  for  approximately  $550,000.  In  1911,  be 
purchased  160,000  square  feet  of  property  at  Fifteenth  Street. 
between    Jefferson    and    Union    Streets,    which    be    still    owns. 

In  1915.  he  was  elected  a  trustee  of  Beloit  College,  Beloit, 
Wisconsin. 

In  1916.  Mr.  Keller  was  appointed  receiver  for  the  coal 
properties  of  the  Chicago  and  Eastern  Illinois  Railway  Com- 
pany, comprising  nine  operating  mines  in  Illinois  and  In- 
diana with  a  yearly  capacity  of  3,000,000  tons.  This  receiver- 
ship was  financed  in  its  entirety  by  Mr.  Keller  and  in  the 
first  month  he  acted  as  receiver  the  properties  earned  a  profit 
and  this  profit  was  increased  each  month  thereafter,  pie 
succeeded  in  paying  off  the  accumulated  debts  of  the  com- 
pany and  on  November  12,  19 17,  he  wrote  a  check  for  a 
million   dollars    to    be   apportioned    among    the    bondholders. 

In  1917,  he  was  elected  a  life  member  of  the  American 
National    Red    Cross    and    the    Art    Institute    of    Chicago. 

In  1918,  Mr.  Keller  was  elected  vice-president  and  general 
manager  of  the  Northern  Central  Coal  Company  of  Delaware, 
which  operates  nine  mines  in  Randolph  County,  Missouri. 
In  the  same  year,  he  was  elected  a  director  of  the  National 
City  Hank  and,  when  in  1925,  the  National  City  Bank  was 
consolidated  with  the  National  Bank  of  the  Republic  under 
the  name  of  the  latter  institution,  Mr.  Keller  was  elected 
a   director  of   the   National    Bank   of   the   Republic. 

In  1919.  he  was  elected  a  director  of  the  Pittsburgh  Ter- 
minal Railway  and  Coal  Company,  resigning  in  1922,  when 
the    interests   he    represented    were    sold. 

In  1920,  the  Indiana  and  Illinois  Coal  Corporation  was 
formed  to  take  over  the  coal  properties  of  the  Chicago  and 
Fastern  Illinois  Railway  Company,  of  which  properties  Mr. 
Keller  had  been  receiver,  and  he  was  elected  president  and 
treasurer    of    the    new    company. 

In  1922,  Mr.  Keller  was  elected  a  director  of  the  Chicago 
Colleries  Company  of  Catlin,  Illinois,  and  in  the  same  year, 
he  was  elected  a  life  member  of  the  Field  Museum  of 
Natural    History. 

Mr.  Keller  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Club,  the  Union 
League  Club,  the  Evanston  Country  Club,  the  (lien  View 
Coif  Club  and  the  Westchester-Biltmoi  e  Country  Club  of 
Rye,  New  York.  He  is  a  former  trustee  of  the  First  Con 
gregational  Church  of  Chicago  and  the  first  Congregational 
Church    of    Evanston,    Illinois. 

In  1889.  he  was  married  to  Jessie  Prince  Smith  of 
Chicago.  There  are  five  children,  Theodore  Prince,  Jessie 
Ruth,  Marion  Virginia,  Raul  Joseph  and  Jeanette.  His 
business  address  is  37  West  Van  Buren  Street,  Chicago, 
and    his    residence    is    at    Evanston,    Illinois. 

CLEMENT    STUDEBAKER,    JR. 
1  ( Continue  1    from    Rage    130  ) 
On    April    2-.    [893,    Mr.    Studebaker    was    married    to    Alice 
Rhawn,    of     Philadelphia.      There    are    two    children:    Clement 
Studebaker,    third,   and    Esther    Studebaker. 

Ilis  business  address  is  231  South  La  Salle  Street,  and 
his    residence    is    3314    Sheridan    Road. 


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JOHN   JOSEPH    O'BRIEN 
(Continued   from   Page    124) 
of      accounting      for      the      Chicago      territory      of      the      last 
named      corporation      when      lie      was      selected      by      Colonel 
Byllesby,    in    1902,    as    one    of    the    original    partners    in    the 
founding    of    H.    M.    Byllesby    and    Company. 

The  development  of  the  Byllesby  organization  was  re- 
markable in  point  of  time  and  in  degree  of  success  achieved. 
Working  shoulder  to  shoulder  with  Colonel  Byllesby,  Mr. 
O'Brien  had  a  large  share  in  originating  the  constructive 
policies  which  have  made  the  term  "Byllesby  management" 
stand  for  progressive  action,  fair  dealing  and  satisfactory 
service  to  the  public.  In  financing  and  constructing  this 
large  utility  system,  Mr.  O'Brien  formed  the  acquaintance 
of  many  of  the  nation's  bankers  and  performed  services  of 
far-reaching  importance  to  the  welfare  of  many  communi- 
ties. 

He  is  either  president  or  an  officer  of  the  following  com- 
panies: H.  M.  Byllesby  and  Company,  Byllesby  Engineering 
and  Management  Corporation,  Standard  Gas  and  Electric 
Company,  Standard  Power  and  Light  Corporation,  Pitts- 
burgh Utilities  Corporation,  Philadelphia  Company,  Northern 
States  Power  Company,  Louisville  Gas  and  Electric  Com- 
pany, Oklahoma  Gas  and  Electric  Company,  San  Diego  Con- 
solidated Gas  and  Electric  Company,  Sierra  and  San  Francis- 
co Power  Company,  Southern  Colorado  Power  Company, 
Western  States  Gas  and  Electric  Company,  Coast  Valleys 
Gas  and  Electric  Company  and  Shaffer  Oil  and  Refining 
Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  following  clubs:  Union  League, 
Mid-Day,  Glen  Oak  County  and  Butterfield  Country  of  Chi- 
cago; Bankers,  Lawyers  and  Recess  of  New  York,  and 
Pendennis    of    Louisville. 

Mr.     O'Brien  was    married,    in    1890,    to    Julia    Hoy,    who 

died    in     1895.  There    is    one    daughter,     Mrs.     Katherine    J. 

Carbaugh.      Mr.  O'Brien's    residence    is    at    3246    Washington 

Boulevard  and  his  office  is  at  231  South  La  Salle  Street, 
Chicago. 

EDGAR   THEODORE   KONSBERG 

(Continued   from   Page   113) 

a     place     on     the     directorate     of     the     United     States     Stores 

Corporation,    and    he    is    firmly    established    in    local    financial 

circles. 

In  1 9 1 9,  the  firm  of  E.  T.  Konsberg  &  Company  moved 
to  its  present  offices  at  53  West  Jackson  Boulevard.  As 
the  firm  grew,  recognition  was  accorded  by  the  most 
prominent  of  the  larger  investment  banking  houses  through 
invitations  to  participate  as  a  syndicate  member  in  the 
distribution  of  bond  issues.  Later  the  house  of  E.  T. 
Konsberg  &  Company  sponsored  issues  of  its  own  origina- 
tion. In  1920,  two  former  employes,  R.  H.  Breseman  and 
J.    M.    Semmes   were   taken   into   partnership. 

Mr.  Konsberg  finds  his  chief  diversions  on  the  tennis  court, 
and  the  several  clubs  with  which  he  is  affiliated.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Union  League  Club,  Royal  League,  Chicago 
Council  of  Foreign  Relations,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  Glencoe  Lodge 
No.  983,  Glencoe,  Illinois;  Phi  Kappa  Psi  Fraternity,  and  the 
Chicago   Athletic   Association. 

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MARSHALL  EMMETT  SAMPSELL 
(Continued   from   Page    133) 

ways  Association,  and  is  a  member  of  the  executive  committees 
of  the  Illinois  State  Electric  Association  and  the  Illinois 
Gas  Association.  He  is  a  past  president  of  the  Great  Lakes 
Division  of  the  National  Electric  Light  Association. 

Club  memberships  include:  The  Chicago  Club,  the  Mid- 
Dsv  Club,  the  Attic,  the  Exmoor  Country  Club  and  Old 
Elm   Club. 

On  July  25,  1900,  Mr.  Sampsell  was  married  to  Edna 
Florence  Smith  at  Chicago.  There  are  four  sons,  Marshall 
G.,  David   S.   Joseph   C.   and   Bruce   E.    Sampsell. 

His  business  address  is  72  West  Adams  Street,  Chicago,  and 
his  residence  is  Highland  Park,   Illinois. 

MARTIN   L.    STRAUS 
(Continued   from   Page    135) 
On    May    19,    1921,    he    was    married    to    Florence    May    of 
St.   Louis  at  New  York.     There  are  two  children,   Martin  L. 
Straus,   Jr.,   and   Nancy   May   Straus. 

His  business  address  is  Wabash  and  Adams  Streets,  and 
his  residence  is   1205   Madison   Park,   Chicago. 

CHARLES    ALEXANDER    McCULLOCH 
(Continued    from    Page    122) 
On    April     15,    1915,    he    was    married    to    Ruby    Nell    Gaw 
at    St.     Louis. 

His  business  address  is  911  Illinois  Merchants  Bank  Build- 
ing,   and    his    residence    is    936    Lake    Shore    Drive,    Chicago. 


CLAYTON   MARK 

(Continued   from   Page    117) 

organizations    being    primarily     for    the    marketing    of     Mark 
Manufacturing    Company    products. 

The  Mark  Manufacturing  Company  was  incorporated  in 
1916,  and  began  the  erection,  at  Indiana  Harbor,  Indian,!, 
of  a  self-contained  steel  plant  to  supply  its  requirements 
of  steel.  Mr.  Mark  was  president  of  this  company.  Sub- 
sequently, the  Mark  Company  was  merged  with  the  "Iroquois 
Iron  Company,  the  Northwestern  Iron  Company  and  the 
Newport  Mining  Company,  to  form  The  Steel  and  Tube  Com- 
pany of  America,  and  Mr.  Mark  became  chairman  of  its 
board  of  directors.  In  1923,  this  company  sold  its  business 
and  properties  to  The  Youngstown  Sheet  and  Tube  Company 
of   Youngstown,   Ohio. 

Not  being  content  with  retirement  from  active  participation 
in  the  world's  work,  Mr.  Mark,  in  1924,  organized  and 
incorporated  Clayton  Mark  and  Company,  and  became  its 
president.  This  company  manufactures  and  sells  steel  pipe 
and  water  well  supplies.  It  has  an  office  in  the  Conway 
Building,  111  West  Washington  Street,  and  a  manufactur- 
ing plant   at    74th  and   Robey   Streets,    Chicago. 

Mr.  Mark  is  a  director  of  the  National  Bank  of  the  Re- 
public of  Chicago,  the  Lake  Forest  Trust  and  Savings  Bank, 
Lake   Forest,    Illinois. 

He  has  been  keenly  interested  in  all  matters  of  civic  wel- 
fare, but  his  personal  activities  in  this  line  have  been  chiefly 
with  public  education.  For  nine  years,  from  1896  to  1905,  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education  of  Chicago,  and 
president  of  the  Board  from  1902-3  to  1905.  During  his 
terms  of  service,  due  largely  to  his  energetic  advocacy  of 
these  measures,  the  superintendent  of  schools  was  freed 
from  political  interference,  and  the  initiative  in  educational 
matters  placed  in  his  hands;  appointment  and  promotion  of 
teachers  were  put  upon  a  merit  basis  :  vacation  schools  were 
recognized  as  entitled  to  support  from  public  school  funds; 
and    school   playgrounds   were   provided. 

In  1910  and  191 1,  while  Mr.  Mark  was  chairman  of  its 
educational  committee,  The  Commercial  Club  of  Chicago 
sent  a  commissioner  to  Europe  to  study  its  systems  and 
methods  of  vocational  education.  The  published  report  of  this 
study  ("Vocational  Education  in  Europe,"  by  Cooley)  has 
had  wide  circulation  in  Europe  as  well  as  in  the  United  States 
and  Canada.  Later  students  of  vocational  education  prob- 
lems owe  much  to  these  investigations,  which  were  due 
chiefly  to   Mr.   Mark's   personal   inspiration  and  enthusiasm. 

From  1907  to  1909,  Mr.  Mark  was  president  of  The  Civic 
Federation  of  Chicago.  He  is  president  of  this  organiza- 
tion at  the  present  time,  and  chairman  of  its  executive  com- 
mittee. 

Mr.  Mark  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Lake 
Forest  University,  and  holds  memberships  in  societies  and 
in  clubs  as  follows:  Chicago  Flistorical  Society  (life  mem- 
ber), Field  Columbian  Museum  (life  member),  Art  Institute 
of  Chicago  (governing  life  member),  The  Arts  Club  of 
Chicago,  The  Chicago  Zoological  Society  (governing  mem- 
ber), The  Commercial  Club  of  Chicago,  Chicago  Club,  Union 
League  Club  of  Chicago,  Union  Club  of  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
and   Old   Elm,   Onwentsia   and    Shoreacres    (golf)    Clubs. 

September  2^ ,  1880,  Mr.  Mark  was  married  to  Miss  Anna 
L.  Griffith  of  Greeley,  Iowa,  who  died  in  19 15.  Their 
children  are  Clarence,  Alice  (Mrs.  McMicken  Hanchett  of 
Council  Bluffs,  Iowa),  Clayton,  junior,  Lydia  (Mrs.  John 
K.  Saville),  Phyllis  (Mrs.  Everett  L.  Wyman),  Cyrus,  Scytha, 
Griffith  and  Anna  (Mrs.  Avery  Rockefeller),  all  living.  The 
family  residence  is  at  Lake  Forest,  Illinois. 
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ERNEST    A.    HAMILL 
(Continued  from   Page    106) 

For  nineteen  years,  Mr.  Hamill  was  vice-chairman  of  the 
Clearing  House  Committee  of  the  Chicago  Clearing  House 
Association. 

Mr.  Hamill  is  well  known  in  the  art  world  and  for  his 
various  and  many  philanthropic  activities.  He  is  treasurer 
of  the  Art  Institute  of  Chicago  and  a  trustee  of  the  Chicago 
Home  for  Incurables,  the  Presbyterian  Hospital,  Presby- 
terian Home,  Presbyterian  Hospital  School  for  Nurses  and 
Rush  Medical  College.  He  is  a  vice-president  and  director 
of  the  Elgin  National  Watch  Company,  and  for  thirty-three 
years  has  been  a  member  and  the  treasurer  of  the  Chicago 
Board    of   Trade. 

Mr.  Hamill  was  married  to  Eliza  Soulard  Corwith,  at 
Chicago,  on  December  29,  1880,  and  has  one  son,  Alfred 
Ernest. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Commercial,  Chicago,  Bankers, 
University,  Cliff  Dwellers,  the  Attic  and  Union  League 
Clubs  of  Chicago;  Onwentsia,  Lake  Forest,  and  the  Play- 
ers,  New  York. 

His  office  is  at  the  Illinois  Merchants  Trust  Company. 
His  Chicago  home  is  at  2450  Lake  View  Avenue,  Chicago, 
and  his  summer  residence  is  "Ballyatwood,"  Lake  Forest, 
Illinois. 


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JOHN  JACOB  ARNOLD 

(Continued    from    I'age    141) 

lations     that     was     called     by     Secretary      McAdoo     in      1914. 

For  a  number  of  years,  Mr.  Arnold  was  a  member  of 
the  National  Foreign  'I  rade  Council  and  the  Council  on 
Foreign  Relations.  He  was  a  member  and  speaker  at  the 
First  Pan-American  Financial  Conference,  a  special  delegate 
of  the  American  Hankers'  Association  ami  speaker  at  the 
First  United  States-Mexico  Trade  Conference,  Mexico  City, 
1920,  member  of  the  World  Cotton  Conference  and  the  World 
Trade  (  onference,  and  special  lecturer  on  foreign  trade 
and  international  relations  in  the  schools  of  commerce  of 
Northwestern    University   ami   the    University   of   Chicago. 

Ill'   is    the    author    of    "Financing    Cotton. I'he    American 

Gold  Fund  of  1914,"  "A  Plan  for  an  International  Clear- 
ing House."  and  many  articles  on  international  relations 
and    world    trade. 

for  years,  Mr.  Arnold  has  been  in  great  demand  as  a 
speaker  before  bankers'  conventions.  Rotary  Clubs,  Chambers 
of  Commerce,  Women's  Clubs,  Credit  Men's  associations, 
and  foreign  trade  clubs.  He  has  spoken  in  almost  every 
state  in  the  Union  and  repeatedly  before  the  same  or- 
ganizations   in    many    cases. 

liming  the  World  War.  Mr.  Arnold  was  one  of  the  prin- 
cipal speakers  in  the  cantonments  and  encampments  and  at 
gatherings  and  mass  meetings  of  citizens  and  business  men 
in  Illinois.  Iowa.  Nebraska  and  Michigan,  and  by  special 
invitation  before  the  bankers  of  Boston  and  New  York.  lie 
was  awarded  the  Kscadrille  badge  of  honor  in  recognition 
of  his  extraordinary  services  as  speaker  in  the  Liberty  Loan 
campaigns. 

Mr.  Arnold  is  the  organizer  of  the  Allied  State  Securities 
Corporation  of  Chicago,  and  a  director  of  the  Great  Ameri- 
can  Casualty   Company   of  Chicago. 

On  June  0.  iSq6.  he  was  married  to  Olga  Dorothea  Hoehn 
at  Oak  Park,  Illinois.  There  are  two  daughters,  Rhoda 
Arnold    and    Ilerta    Arnold. 

Mis  office  is  at  10  North  Clark  Street,  ami  his  residence 
is   at    217    South    Central    Park    Boulevard,    Chicago. 


director 
the  Chi- 
and  the 
American 


RUSH    CLARK    BUTLER 

(Continued   from   Page    145) 
rector     of     the     Indian     Hill     Country     Club,     and     ; 
of   the    University    Club,   the    Sunday    Evening   Club 
cago     liar     Association,     the     Committee     of     Fifteen 
Association    of    Commerce,    and    a    member    of    the 
Bar    Association. 

Club  memberships  include:  the  Chicago  Club,  the  Univer- 
sitv  Chd),  the  Union  League  Club,  the  Mid-Day  Club,  the 
Attic  Club,  the  Racquet  Club,  the  Old  Elm  Club,  the 
Indian  Hill  Country  Club,  all  of  Chicago;  and  the  Metro- 
politan Club  and  the  Chevy  Chase  Country  Club  of  Wash- 
ington. 

On  June  6,  1901,  Mr.  Butler  was  married  to  Isabelle 
Crilly  at  Chicago.  There  arc  three  children:  Rush  Clark. 
Jr.,    Crilly    ami    Milburn     Butler. 

His  office  is  1+14  Monadnock  Block,  Chicago,  and  his 
residence    is    at    Winnetka,    Illinois. 

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ALFRED    LANDON    BAKER 
(Continued    from    Page    141) 

there.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Commercial,  Chicago,  Union 
League.  (  >nw  entsia—  president  from  1901  to  igo6 — Univer- 
sity, and  City  Clubs  of  Chicago,  being  president  of  the  last 
named  for  two  years.  He  is  a  former  president  of  Mer- 
chants Club  which  was  absorbed  bv  the  Commercial  Club. 
Mr.    Baker's    home    is   at    Lake    Forest,    Illinois. 

EDWARD   JACKSON    BRUNDAGE 

(Continued   from   Page    145) 

Illinois.  On  December  17,  1913,  he  was  married  to  Ger- 
manic Vernier  of  Caen,  France.  His  business  address  is 
1 10  South  Dearborn  Street,  and  his  residence  is  at  617 
Arlington    Place,    Chicago. 

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JOHN   CHARLES    SCHANK 

(Continued    from   Page    132) 
a    member    of    Olympia     Lodge    No.     864,     A.     F.     &     A.     M., 
Medinah    Temple.    Oriental    Consistory,    S.    R.    R.    S.,    Knights 
of    Pythias,     Ellsworth    No.     114    and    Chicago    Lodge    No.    4, 
B.    P.'   O.    Elks. 

EDWARD    DAVID    CHASSELL 

(Continued    from    Page    146) 
a     former     president     of     the     Iowa     Society,     Sons     of     the 
American    Revolution, 

On  December  19.  1906,  he  was  married  to  Mary  Cal- 
kins, daughter  of  Dr.  M.  II.  Calkins  and  wife,  Lucinda 
Louden  Calkins,  of  Wyoming,  Iowa.  His  business  address 
is  112  West  Adams  Street,  Chicago,  and  his  residence  is 
Wyoming,    Iowa. 


SAMUEL    GARBER    LCI/. 
I  (  ontinued    from    Page    151) 

he      was      elected      a  ident         lb 

president    until    the    Chic \ taken   o     1     b      thi 

United    States    go  1  t,    in    compan;     with   all    other   rail- 

roads,   as    a    war    measure. 

Under     federal     administration,     Mr.     Lutz     was     appointed 
traffic     manager     for     the     (  hicago     X     Alton,     th< 
Peoria    X    St.    Louis,    the    Peoria    and     Pekin    Union,    and    the 
Peoria    Railway   Terminal    Companies.      From    I  118,    un 

td    the    end    of    federal    control,    he    served    as    a    membei     oi 
the    Chicago    Traffic    Committee    under    the     Directoi     G 
of    Railroads,   and    on    March    1,    1920,    lie    resumed    his    office 
of    vice-president    of    the    Chicago    &     Alton.     On     Septi 
26,    1020,    he    was    elected    vice-presideni    o)    tin     Peoria    Rail 
way    Terminal    Company. 

When    the     Peoria     Railway    Terminal     Company    and    the 

Chicago    &    Alton    were    taken    over    by    the    receivers    in     10       . 

Mr.    Lutz   was   appointed   chief   traffic   officer    for   th 1 

of  both  roads,  and  retained,  as  vice-president  of  the  Chi 
cago    &     Alton     Corporation. 

At  the  present  time,  in  addition  to  the  positions  men 
tioned,  Mr.  Lutz  is  a  director  of  the  Joliet  Union  Depot 
Company,  the  Rutland,  Toluea  &  Northern  Railroad,  and 
the    Mississippi    River     Bridge    Company. 

On  April  2:,  1892,  he  was  married  to  Cora  1!.  Fore- 
man at  Marshalltow  11,  Iowa.  There  are  two  daughters: 
Mrs.  Emerson  Cole  Ward  and  Miss  Jeannette  Lutz.  Hi 
resides  at  7,0  Bittersweet  Place,  Chicago,  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Union  League  Club,  the  Traffic  Club,  the  I  v. m 
ston  Coif  Club,  Western  Traffic  Executive  Committee,  West- 
ern Trunk  Line  Committee,  Illinois  Freight  Association, 
Chamber  of  Commerce  of  United  States  and  (hicago  (ham 
her    of    Commerce 

BENEDICT    K.    GOODMAN 
(Continued    from    Page    149) 

He  attended  Garfield  Grammar  School,  Crane  Technical 
High  School  and  received  his  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Philosophy    from    the    University    of    Chicago. 

After  graduation  from  the  university,  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Fort  Dearborn  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  in 
the  real  estate  loan  department,  and  was  manager  of  the 
department  when  he  resigned  from  the  bank  three  years 
later    to    found    the    firm    of    B.    K.    Goodman    and    Company. 

Mr.  Goodman  is  a  member  of  the  Standard  Club,  the 
Northmoor  Country  Club  (director),  a  member  of  the 
Delta  Sigma  Phi  Fraternity,  the  Chicago  Association  of 
Commerce,  the  Chicago  Mortgage  Bankers  Club  and  the 
Chicago    Real    Estate    Board. 

On  August  21,  1916,  he  was  married  to  Irene  E.  Kes- 
ner.  There  are  two  children:  Joan  K.  and  Nancy  M. 
Goodman. 

His  business  address  is  111  West  Washington  Street. 
(hicago.  and  his  residence  is  306  Hazel  Avenue,  Highland 
Park,    Illinois. 

JOSEPH   HOLTON    DEFREES 
(Continued   from   Page    148) 

191 3,  he   was   director   of  the   Chicago   Legal    Aid    Society;    in 

1914,  he  was  president  of  the  Chicago  Association  of  Com- 
merce; from  1915  to  1919,  he  was  vice-president  of  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  of  the  LTnited  States;  from  1916  to  1919, 
he  was  chairman  of  the  executive  committee  of  that  or- 
ganization, and  in  1920  and  1921,  he  was  its  president; 
in  1921,  lie  was  a  member  of  the  Unemployment  Conference 
called  by  President  Harding,  and  in  1920  and  1921,  he 
was  a  member  of  the  United  States  Section  of  the  Inter- 
American    High    Commission. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  National  Institute  of  Social 
Sciences,  the  Academy  of  Political  Science  in  the  City  of 
New  York,  and  the  following  clubs:  Metropolitan  (Wash- 
ington. District  of  Columbia).  Union  League.  Chicago.  Mid- 
Day,  City,  South  Shore  Country,  Law,  Chicago  Yacht 
and  Quadrangle — all  of  Chicago;  and  the  Town  Hall  and 
Larchmont  Yacht  Clubs  of  New  York;  and  the  Camden 
Yacht  Club  and  the  Megunticook  Golf  Club  of  Camden, 
Maine. 

On  October  4,  1882,  he  was  married  to  Harriet  Me- 
Naughton,    of    Buffalo.      There    is    one    son,    Donald    Defrees. 

Mr.  Defrees'  office  is  at  105  South  La  Salle  Street; 
his  residence  is  the  Windermere  West,  1614  F.ast  Fifty- 
sixth    Street,    Chicago. 


FRANK   MALCOLM    GORD<  IN 

(Continued    from    I'age    148) 
to    Sarah    Marie    Corboy    at    Chicago.      'I  here    are    three    daugh- 
ters:    Isabel.     Marion    and     Evelyn. 

His  business  address  is  the  First  Trust  and  Savings 
Bank,  and  his  residence  is  445S  Greenwood  Avenue,  Chi- 
cago. 


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GEORGE  H.   MALCOLM 

(Continued   from   Page    154) 
elected    a    director,    vice-president    and    secretary    of    the    Otis 
Elevator   Company   of   Illinois,   with    headquarters  at   Chicago. 

Mr.  .Malcolm  is  also  a  trustee  and  secretary  of  the  Fifteenth 
Street   Realty  Company. 

Club  memberships  include:  The  Racquet  Club,  the  Uni- 
versity Club,  the  Chicago  Golf  Club,  the  Harvard-Yale- 
Princeton  Club,  the  Onwentsia  Club,  all  of  Chicago  and 
vicinity;  the  University  Club,  the  Engineers  Club  and  the 
Princeton  Club,  of  New  York;  and  the  California  Club  of 
Los  Angeles. 

On  July  31,  1920,  Mr.  Malcolm  was  married  to  Isabell  O. 
Cooper  at  Pasadena,  California.  There  are  two  children, 
Dune    and    Peter    Malcolm. 

Mr.  Malcolm's  business  address  is  600  West  Jackson  Boule- 
vard; his  residence  is  304  North  Sheridan  Road,  Lake  Forest, 

Illinois. 

*  *      * 

ROY    CLIFTON    OSGOOD 
(Continued   from   Page    156) 

to  Anna  M.  Hudson,  of  Athol,  Massachusetts.  His  home 
is  at  Kenilworth,  Illinois,  and  his  office  is  at  56  West 
Monroe    Street,    Chicago. 

*  *     * 

CHARLES    H.    MARKHAM 
(Continued   from   Page    152) 

tion    of    being    one    of    the    best    traffic    men    on    the    coast. 

On  December  1,  1901,  he  was  elected  vice-president  of 
the  Houston  &  Texas  Central,  Houston  East  and  West 
Texas,  Texas  and  New  Orleans  and  Galveston,  Harrisburg 
and  San  Antonio  Railroads,  and  went  to  Houston,  Texas, 
to  assume  the  duties  of  this  office.  While  in  that  position, 
he  was  the  executive  head  of  the  Harriman  Lines  in  Texas. 
On  April  1,  1904,  Mr.  Markham  became  general  manager 
of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  at  San  Francisco,  on  June 
1  of  the  same  year,  was  elected  vice-president  of  the  road, 
and    retained    both    offices    until    November    1,     1904. 

He  then  severed  his  railroad  connections,  becoming  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  Guffey  Petroleum  Company.  His 
headquarters  were  in  Beaumont,  Texas,  and  there  he  re- 
mained until  January  1,  1910,  in  charge  of  the  development 
of  extensive  oil  properties  in  the  regions  bordering  on  the 
Gulf  of  Mexico.  On  the  last  named  date,  he  was  elected 
president  of  the  Gulf  Pipe  Line  Company,  the  Gulf  Refining 
Company  and  various  allied  companies  comprising  the  Mel- 
lon Oil  interests  in  Texas,  Oklahoma  and  Louisiana.  As 
the  administrative  offices  of  the  company  were  located  in 
Pittsburgh,  he  moved  to  that  city  to  take  up  his  residence 
at  the   beginning   of  the  year. 

On  December  21,  1910,  Mr.  Markham  was  elected  pres- 
ident of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company,  with  head- 
quarters at  Chicago.  He  resigned  from  the  oil  companies 
as  of  date  December  31,  1910,  the  duties  of  his  new  office 
commencing     on     January     12,     191 1. 

In  February,  191 1,  Mr.  Markham  was  elected  president  of 
the  Central  of  Georgia  Railway  and  the  Ocean  Steamship 
Company  of  Savannah,  and  served  in  this  capacity  until 
April,  1914,  when  he  was  elected  chairman  of  the  boards 
of   both    companies. 

On  January  1,  191 8,  he  was  appointed  regional  director  of 
railroads  in  the  Southern  Region  by  Director  General  Mc- 
Adoo  of  the  United  States  Railroad  Administration,  with 
headquarters  at  Atlanta,  Georgia.  On  June  1,  1918,  he 
severed  all  of  his  railroad  connections,  and  was  appointed 
regional  director  of  the  Allegheny  Region,  with  offices  at 
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Markham  remained  in  this 
position  until  October  1,  1919,  on  which  date  he  was  re- 
elected president  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad,  and  chair- 
man of  the  boards  of  the  Central  of  Georgia  Railway  and 
Ocean   Steamship   Company,   with   office  in   Chicago. 

Mr.  Markham  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Club,  Saddle 
and  Cycle  Club,  South  Shore  Country  Club,  Old  Elm  Club, 
Chicago  Golf  Club,  the  Commercial  Club,  and  the  Traffic 
Club,  all  of  Chicago.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Memphis 
Country  Club,  Memphis,  Tennessee,  Beaumont  Country 
Club,  Beaumont,  Texas,  Louisville  Country  Club,  Louisville, 
Kentucky,    and    the    Oglethorpe    Club,    Savannah,    Georgia. 

He  has  his  home  at  257  East  Delaware  Place,  Chicago, 
Illinois,    and    his    offices    are    at    the    Central    Station    in    the 

same   city. 

*  *      * 

BURT    CHEEVER    HARDENBROOK 
(Continued  from   Page   150) 

Bank  of  Dallas,  Texas.  Mr.  Hardenbrook  is  a  Mason,  a 
member  of  the  Racquet  Club,  the  Illinois  Athletic  Club,  the 
Skokie  Country  Club  and  the  Mid-Day  Club.  During  the 
war,    he   was   a   member    of   the    American   Protective   League. 

On  October  18,  1899,  he  was  married  to  Edna  Wood 
at  Chicago.  There  are  two  children:  Mrs.  Dorothy  H. 
Murch    and    Burt    Wood    Hardenbrook. 

His  business  address  is  76  West  Monroe  Street,  Chicago, 
and    his    residence    is   642    Maple   Avenue,    Winnetka,    Illinois. 


WILLIAM    AMES    HEATH 
(Continued   from   Page    150) 

On  January  10,  1922,  Mr.  Heath  was  married  to  Mrs. 
Katherine    Gray,    of   Indianapolis. 

Mr.  Heath  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club,  the 
Bankers'  Club,  the  Mid-Day  Club,  the  Evanston  Country 
Club,  the  Glen.  View  Golf  Club,  the  Indiana  Society  and  the 
Masonic  Order.  His  business  address  is  230  South  La 
Salle  Street,  Chicago,  and  his  home  is  at  618  Colfax  Street, 
Evanston,    Illinois. 

*  *      * 

HOWARD  VAN  SINDEREN  TRACY 
(Continued  from  Page  160) 
Board  of  Trade,  the  Investment  Bankers  Associa- 
tion, and  similar  organizations.  It  has  assisted  the  securi- 
ties department  at  Springfield  in  causing  the  rejection  of 
many  questionable  securities  offered  for  approval  under  the 
Illinois  Securities  Act,  has  closed  up  over  100  "bucket 
shops"  and  fake  promoters,  many  of  whom  were  indicted, 
convicted,  and  sent  to  the  penitentiary.  At  the  request  of 
the  principal'  Chicago  newspapers,  it  has  co-operated  in 
censoring  their  financial  columns  with  the  result  that  dur- 
ing the  past  six  years  copy  describing  over  $250,000,000 
of  worthless  securities  have  been  rejected — an  important 
protection  to  the  public.  This  co-operation  has  been  wel- 
comed by  the  press  since  the  bureau  can  not  only  obtain 
very  quickly  reliable  information  relative  to  the  legality  of 
new  securities  and  the  standing  of  unknown  brokers,  but 
it  has  removed  the  unpleasant  burden  of  rejections  from  the 
press  to  the  bureau.  It  has  caused  to  be  refunded  to  pur- 
chasers of  fraudulent  securities  over  $1,500,000,  mostly  in 
small  amounts  and  to  people  of  limited  means  and  ex- 
perience, runs  a  series  of  advertisements  in  the  newspapers 
warning  the  public  against  fraudulent  investments,  and 
has  protected  the  public  from  financial  swindlers  in  many 
other    ways. 

The  bureau  has  been  highly  successful,  is  perhaps  the 
best  known  unofficial  agency  in  the  United  States  for  the 
prevention  of  security  swindling,  and  has  been  copied  in 
other   cities. 

Mr.  Tracy  is  now  secretary  and  director,  and  member  of 
the    executive    committee. 

He  has  been  active  in  the  Chicago  Association  of  Com- 
merce, and  has  served  on  many  important  committees.  He 
is  regarded  as  an  authority  on  various  aspects  of  the  sugar 
industry  and  many  of  his  articles  on  this  subject  have 
been    published. 

Mr.  Tracv  is  or  has  been  a  member  of  the  Mid-Dav 
Club,  the  Harvard-Yale-Princeton  Club,  Onwentsia,  Evan- 
ston Country  Club,  Evanston  University  Club.  Recreations: 
chess,  mediaeval  historical  research  and  all  forms  of  sport. 
Office:  39  South  La  Salle  Street,  residence:  337  Cedar 
Street,  Winnetka.  He  married.  April  17,  1916,  Ruth  Wil- 
bur Alexander,  born  in  Chicago,  September  1,  1892,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  Gross  Alexander  (see  Who's  Who  in  America): 
issue  one — Ann  Alexander,  born  Evanston,  Illinois,  Novem- 
ber 4,    1917. 

*  *      * 

ROY  C.  TOOMBS 
(Continued  from  Page  161) 
then  re-entered  the  employ  of  the  Albright  Investment  Com- 
pany at  Medford,  Oklahoma,  where  he  had  charge  of  build- 
ing a  set  of  abstract  books.  In  19 12  he  returned  to  Win- 
field  and  with  his  associate  organized  the  firm  of  Williams 
&    Toombs,    dealers    in    loans,    abstracts    and    insurance. 

By  191S.  having  acquired  the  experience  and  education  he 
thought  necessary  to  that  point  in  his  career,  Mr.  Toombs 
went  to  Montana  and  made  an  extensive  examination  of 
that  field  for  a  number  of  insurance  companies,  his  work 
being  to  determine  whether  the  state  was  a  satisfactory  field 
for   insurance   loans. 

Coming  to  Chicago  in  the  fall  to  make  his  report  he  was 
prevailed  upon  to  locate  there  and  in  1916  organized  the 
Toombs  &  Daily  Company,  which  was  originally  formed  as 
a  mortgage  firm.  In  1921  a  bond  department  was  added 
and  at  present  the  firm  is  active  in  the  development  of  the 
purchase   and    sale   of   individual    mortgages    on    homes. 

In  1923  Mr.  Toombs  became  interested  and  in  1924  was 
elected  vice-president  and  in  1925  was  elected  president  of 
the  Downers  Grove  State  Bank.  During  the  year  1924  he  was 
active  in  the  organization  and  was  elected  president  of  the 
Downers  Grove  Trust  Company. 

In  1925  the  Toombs  &  Daily  Company  purchased  the 
assets  of  the  Farm  Mortgage  Company  of  Freeport,  Illinois, 
the  stock  of  which  was  then  owned  by  stockholders  in  the 
State    Bank   of    Freeport. 

Mr.  Toombs  was  married  to  Eunice  Alexander  at  Win- 
field,  October  25,   191 1.     There  is  one  son,  Farrell  C.   Toombs. 

Mr.  Toombs'  business  address  is  208  South  La  Salle  Street. 
Chicago;    his    residence    is    Downers    Grove,    Illinois. 


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M.    A.    TRAYLOR 

(Continued   from    Page    160) 

ticii  even  in  those  early  days,  of  sound  thinking  along 
economic  lines.  He  attracted  the  attention  of  men  interest- 
ed in  the  cattle  industry  and  so,  in  the  course  of  time, 
we  find  him  as  vice-president  of  the  Stockyards  National 
Bank  of  Kast  St.  Louis.  In  1914,  he  became  vice  president 
of  the  Live  Stock  Exchange  National  Bank  of  Chicago,  and 
in  1916,  its  president.  Ilis  great  opportunity  came  when, 
after  we  entered  the  World  War,  he  was  appointed  as 
director  of  sales  in  the  Seventh  Federal  Reserve  District  for 
United  States  treasury  certificates  of  indebtedness.  In 
many  parts  of  the  country  the  government  had  not  been  very 
ssful  in  inducing  banks  to  take  their  quota  of  these 
government  obligations.  Mr.  Traylor,  however,  brought  such 
unbounded  enthusiasm,  energy,  and  ability  to  the  work  that 
he  simply  swept  the  bankers  of  the  district  along  with  him. 
Some  of  those  who  heard  him  deliver  the  address  before 
more  than  five  hundred  of  the  county  directors  of  the  war 
loan  organization  advocating  the  purchase  of  these  cer- 
tificates speak  of  his  effort  as  being  one  of  the  few  inspired 
addresses    to    which    it    has    been    their    privilege    to    listen. 

So  successful  was  he  that  two  or  three  of  the  large  New 
York  banks  offered  him  important  official  positions  and  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  Federal  Reserve  Bank  decided  to 
ask  him  to  enter  their  bank's  service  permanently  as  its 
deputy  governor.  Even  before  this,  Mr.  James  B.  Forgan, 
of  the  First  National  Rank,  had  been  seriously  considering 
the  advisability  of  offering  Mr.  Traylor  the  position  of 
president  of  the  affiliated  institution  of  the  First  National 
Bank,  the  First  Trust  and  Savings  Bank.  The  intention  of 
the  federal  Reserve  Bank  hastened  Mr.  Forgan's  action  and 
In-  secured  the  unanimous  consent  of  his  executive  com- 
mittee to  approach  Mr.  Traylor.  The  result  was  that  Mr. 
Traylor  became  president  of  this  notable  bank  on  January 
1,  1919.  On  January  13,  1925,  Mr.  Traylor,  while  retain- 
ing his  position  as  president  of  the  First  Trust  and  Savings 
Rank,  was  elected  in  addition  president  of  the  parent  in- 
stitution, the  First  National  Bank  of  Chicago,  succeeding  in 
this  post,  Mr.  Frank  ().  Wetmore,  who  became  chairman 
of   the   board   of   both   banks. 

Furthermore,  Mr.  Traylor  was  president  of  the  Illinois 
Bankers'  Association,  1 923-24.  For  several  years,  he  served 
as  chairman  of  the  Economic  Policy  Commission  of  the 
American  Bankers'  Association,  and  in  1924,  was  elected 
second  vice-president  of  the  association,  which  is  indicative 
of   election    to   the   presidency    in    1926. 

He  is  an  enthusiastic  golfer,  a  member  of  many  leading 
clubs  and  societies,  is  a  trustee  of  Northwestern  University 
and  Newberry  Library.  Chicago,  and  is  president  of  the 
Shedd  Aquarium  Society.  In  recognition  of  his  attainments, 
Illinois  College  at  Jacksonville,  in  1922,  conferred  upon  him 
the   honorary   degree   of   Master   of  Arts. 

ALBERT    HAYES   WETTEN 
(Continued    from    Page    162) 
daughter    of    Judge    John    II.    Batten,    at    Naperville,    Illinois. 
There    are    two    daughters,    Mildred    and     Eleanor    Wetten. 

Mr.  Wetten's  business  address  is  231  South  I.a  Salle 
Street,  and   his   residence   is   4H10    Ellis   Avenue,    Chicago. 

JOHN  P.  OLFSON 
(Continued  from  Page  157) 
Day  Club.  Mr.  ■  Oleson  married  Nan  Elizabeth  Merrell, 
September  6,  1906,  at  Lombard,  Illinois.  Thev  have  three 
children:  Francis  Cady,  Marjorie  Prince  and  Barbara  Mer- 
rell Oleson.  His  residence  is  at  240  Woodstock  Avenue, 
Kenilworth,  Illinois,  and  his  office  is  at  38  South  Dearborn 
Street,    Chicago. 


HERMANN    WOLLENBERGER 
(Continued    from    Page    163) 
after    a    brief    stay    in     New    York,    he    came    to    (I, 
entered    the   employ    of   the    Illinois   Trust    and    Savings    Hank, 
which    has    since    become    the     Illinois     Merchants'     Trusl     Com- 
pany. 

It  was  imt  Mr.  Wollenberger's  intent  to  remain  permanent- 
ly in  Chicago,  Ins  original  idea  being  to  gain  a  knowledge 
of  United  States  banking  practice  and  then  to  travel  to 
other  countries,  but  he  found  in  the  rapidly-growing  city 
the  conditions  ideally  suited  t  < »  his  temperament.  In  his 
opinion  Chicago  is  destined  to  be  the  largesl  citj  in  the 
world. 

Later  he  joined  Joseph  E.  Otis  in  the  organization  of  the 
Western  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  of  Chicago,  occupying  the 
position  of  vice-president  in  charge  of  the  bond  department. 
In  1908,  he  organized  the  firm  of  Wollenberger  and  Com- 
pany. 

Il'e  is  a  member  of  the  Bankers'  Club  and  the  Ravish ,e 
Country  Club.  In  1888  and  18S9,  he  served  in  the  German 
army    as    a    volunteer. 

Mr.  \\ollenberger,  who  is  now  a  widower,  was  married 
at  Chicago  in  1896.  'I  here  are  two  children:  Robert  II. 
Wollenberger     and     Marion     Rose     Wollenberger. 

His  office  is  at  105  South  I.a  Salle  Street,  and  his 
residence     is     at     5121     University     Avenue,     Chicago. 

FREDERICK    HENRY    WICKETT 

(Continued    from    Page    163) 
a    large    interest.      Mr.    Wickett    is    a    director    of    the    Drexel 
State     Bank,     and     a     member    of    the     following     clubs:     the 
Chicago    Club,    the    Old    Elm    Golf    Club,    the    Mid-Day    Club 
and    the    Chicago    Golf    Club. 

He  is  married  to  the  former  Alice  Wiswall,  of  Chicago, 
and  there  are  three  children:  Kenneth,  Dorothy  and 
M  arjorie. 

His  business  address  is  1833  Illinois  Merchants  Bank 
Building,  and  his  residence  is  229  Lake  Shore  Drive,  Chi- 
cago. 

FRANK    O.    WETMORE 

(Continued   from    Page    161) 

Field    Museum    of   Natural    History.      He    is   a   member   of   the 

Chicago,     Mid-Day.     Rankers',     Chicago     Coif,     South     Shore 

Country,     Commercial    and     Industrial     Clubs. 

Mr.  Wetmore  was  married  to  Marie  Louise  Barlow  on 
April  22,  1890,  at  Chicago.  There  were  two  children:  Or- 
ville  Wetmore,  an  ensign  in  the  United  States  Navy,  who 
died    in   service,    October    10,    1918,   and    Horace   O.    Wetmore. 

LAWRENCE   HARLEY   WHITING 
(Continued   from    Page    162) 

American     Furniture    Mart    Building    Corporation;     treasurer, 
Lake    Shore    Athletic    Club. 

Member:  Chicago  Athletic  Association,  Mid-Day,  Racquet, 
South    Shore    Country,    Riding,    Quadrangle.    Bankers'    Clubs. 

Resilience:     127     Fast     Chestnut     Street.      Business     address: 
Wrigley    Building,    400    North     Michigan    Avenue. 
*      *      * 

HENRY  DEXTER STURTEYANT 
(Continued   from    Page    159) 
On     April     20,     1887,     he     was    married    to     Isabella     Doyle 
(now    deceased).       On     April     7,     1917,     he    was     married     to 
Edith    A.    Taylor. 

Mr.  Sturtevant's  office  is  209  South  La  Salle  Street,  and 
his    residence    is    920    North    Michigan    Avenue,    Chicago. 


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The  Story  of  Peoria 


KORIA,  Illinois'  second  city,  has  a  written  history  dating  back  to  the  days 
of  the  French  explorers.  This  history  is  incomplete  for  the  early  days, 
largely  because  the  great  Joliet  lost  the  journal  in  which  he  had  written  his 
observations  of  Peoria  Lake  and  its  people,  but  the  story  was  picked  up 
shortly  by  Marquette,  who  has  left  us  his  more-or-less  illuminating  de- 
scriptions of  our  section  of  the  valley  and  of  its  aboriginal  people. 

When  the  French  explorers  came  to  Peoria  Lake,  they  found  an  Indian  confed- 
eracy much  unlike  other  confederacies  in  that  the  tribes  were  peaceful  and  usually  of 
a  tractable  disposition.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  during  the  five  or  six  decades 
following  the  arrival  of  the  earliest  white  explorers  and  missionaries,  an  Indian  vil- 
lage of  perhaps  three  thousand  people  was  located  on  Peoria  Lake.  There  was  lit- 
tle trouble  in  this  village.  The  Indians  came  and  went,  changing  their  place  of  resi- 
dence in  order  to  take  advantage  of  the  best  hunting  and  fishing  opportunities,  but 
usually  returning  to  the  Lake  district  for  the  harvest  season  when  they  garnered 
their  food  and  made  plans  for  the  winter. 

Missionaries  were  in  the  village  a  part  of  this  time  and  the  meager  records  show 
that  the  influence  of  the  missionaries  was  substantial.  French  settlers  came  in,  but 
only  a  few  in  any  one  year. 

Then  came  the  incursions  of  hostile  Indian  tribes  which  had  learned  that  the 
Peoria  Lake  district  had  natural  advantages  which  were  denied  the  territories  where 
they  had  been  living.  The  hostile  tribes  drove  the  peaceful  tribes  away  and  the  peace- 
ful tribes  spread  out  over  a  wide  territory  to  the  south,  laying  the  foundations  for  Kas- 
kaskia,  Cahokia  and  other  towns  now  famous  in  Illinois  history. 

Reports  from  distant  outposts  of  discovery  and  missionary  enterprise  had 
brought  to  the  French  government  officials  in  Canada  some  reports  regarding  rich  ter- 
ritories "beyond  the  lakes.'1  Stories  were  circulated  about  a  "great  river  which  flows 
south,"  no  one  knew  whither.  No  white  man,  so  far  as  known,  had  been  able  to  trace 
the  course  of  that  river  and  it  was  not  known  whether  it  flowed  into  the  Atlantic  or 
the  Pacific  or  the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  Spaniards  had  reported  the  discovery  of  a  great 
river  which  flowed  into  the  gulf,  but  nobody  knew  whether  the  "great  river  which 
flows  south"  was  the  same  one  which  the  Spanish  adventurers  had  found. 

With  the  purpose  in  view  of  discovering  the  river  and  finding  where  it  emptied 
into  the  sea,  Louis  Joliet,  then  only  28  years  old  and  the  son  of  a  common  artisan, 
was  selected  by  the  Canadian  authorities  to  make  a  trip  of  exploration.  He  was  "to 
discover  the  South  Sea  by  the  Mascoutins'  country,  and  the  great  river  Mississippi." 
Joliet  had  previously  explored  the  copper  mines  of  Lake  Superior  and  was  considered 
qualified  to  make  this  epochal  journey. 

Joliet,  after  his  appointment  had  been  confirmed  by  the  governor,  set  out  from 
Quebec  in  the  autumn  of  1672  and  arrived  at  Michilmackinac  on  the  8th  of  Decem- 
ber. At  that  place  he  fell  in  with  Father  Jaques  Marquette,  a  Jesuit  missionary,  a 
man  of  36  years,  who  had  already  spent  six  years  in  those  regions  establishing  mis- 
sions and  preaching  to  the  Indians.  He  had  instructions  from  the  Superior  of  his  order 
to  join  Joliet  in  the  exploration  trip. 

Several  months  were  spent  by  the  two  leaders  in  work  preparatory  to  the  jour- 
ney. On  the  17th  of  May,  1673,  they  started  from  the  Straits  of  Michilmackinac. 
Five  men  accompanied  them  and  they  had  with  them  "two  birch-bark  canoes,  some 
bags  of  corn  meal,  some  dried  beef  and  a  blanket  a  piece."  A  quantity  of  "beads, 
crosses  and  divers  articles  of  trade  to  barter  with  the  Indians  was  also  taken. 

By  the  middle  of  June,  they  reached  the  Wisconsin  River.  The  two  Indian 
guides  left  them  at  this  point  and   returned   home,    leaving   the    explorers   to    rely   on 


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their  own  resources  in  pursuing  a  course  which  they  did  not  know.  Embarking  in  their 
canoes,  with  the  five  attendants  as  oarsmen,  the  explorers  moved  down  the  river,  finally 
reaching  the  Mississippi.  They  crossed  the  Mississippi,  at  a  point  not  known,  and 
floated  down  with  the  current,  reaching  the  conclusion  that  the  Mississippi  flowed 
into  the  gulf.  Having  some  differences  with  the  natives  and  fearing  that  they  were 
then  in  close  proximity  to  their  enemies,  the  Spaniards,  they  determined  to  return 
home.  Arriving  at  the  mouth  of  the  Illinois  they  learned  that  they  could  save  much 
time  and  labor  in  going  up  the  Illinois. 

In  the  course  of  a  short  time  the  party  came  to  a  beautiful  curve  in  the  river  at 
the  left  of  which  was  a  sea  of  rushes  which,  they  found  out  later,  was  used  by  the 
Indians  to  make  mats  to  cover  their  cabins.  At  the  right  lay  a  marsh  covered  with 
a  heavy  growth  of  timber,  only  a  few  more  miles  and  the  glory  of  a  great  lake  burst 
upon  them.  The  lake  was  surrounded  by  a  great  natural  amphitheater.  Gorgeous 
wild  flowers  were  on  the  shores  and  slopes.  Wild  game  was  plentiful.  Thousands  of 
springs  of  water  were  in  the  hills,  coming  down  to  the  flat  lands  and  thence  to  the 
river.  "A  more  charming  scene  never  greets  the  eye  of  man"  was  the  notation  made 
in  the  journal.      They  had  found  Pimiteoui — "The  Land  of  Great  Plenty" — Peoria. 


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The  Peoria  Indians  had  a  permanent  village  within  the  present  limits  of  the  City 
of  Peoria,  and  the  explorers  passed  several  days  with  these  Indians. 

And  after  leaving  Peoria   and  continuing  up  the  river,  Marquette  wrote: 

"We  had  seen  nothing  like  this  river  for  the  fertility  of  the  land,  its  prairies, 
woods,  wild  cattle,  stags,  deer,  wild  cats,  bustards,  swans,  ducks,  parrots  and  even 
beaver.  Its  many  little  lakes  and  rivers  on  which  we  sailed  are  broad,  deep  and  gentle 
for  sixty-five  leagues.  During  the  spring  and  part  of  the  summer  the  only  portage  is 
half  a  league." 

Thus  reads  the  story  of  the  first  visit  of  white  men  to  Peoria. 

The  next  white  men  to  visit  Peoria  was  a  party  headed  by  Robert  Cavalier  Sieur 
de  La  Salle,  another  Frenchman.  With  him  was  Henry  de  Tonti,  an  Italian  soldier 
with  one  arm  whom  he  had  brought  with  him  from  France.  These  explorers  came 
down  the  Illinois  River,  reversing  the  earlier  explorers'  plans,  and  arrived  at  Peoria 
early  in  December,  1680.  Hostile  tribes  attempted  to  incite  trouble  against  La  Salle, 
although  he  appears  to  have  made  friends  with  the  Peorias,  and  the  explorer  pro- 
ceeded to  build  a  fort,  Creve  Coeur,  the  first  structure  erected  by  white  man  on  the 
soil  of  Illinois.  After  further  excursions,  La  Salle  and  his  men  returned  to  Peoria 
only  to  find  the  fort  nearly  destroyed.      Hostile  Indians  had  burned  the  fort. 


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Early  in  the  eighteenth  century,  a  French  settlement  began  to  grow  at  Pimi- 
teoui.  The  exact  year  is  not  known.  Father  Charlevoix,  in  October,  1721,  made  a 
voyage  down  the  Illinois  River  and  later  reported  that  he  had  found  four  French- 
Canadians  there.  He  also  reported  that  the  Peorias  were  at  war  with  neighboring 
tribes.  It  is  a  matter  of  history  that  in  the  next  year,  1722,  the  Peorias,  being  harassed 
on  all  sides  by  their  enemies,  took  their  departure  from  the  Illinois  country  and  fol- 
lowed the  Kaskaskias. 

The  Illinois  country  was  a  part  of  the  Louisiana  government  in  1723,  under  the 
dominion  of  the  French.  Philip  Francis  Renault,  director  general  of  mines  for  the 
Company  of  the  Indies,  had  obtained  several  grants  from  the  company,  among  which 
was  one  at  Peoria.  The  Renault  heirs  were  in  litigation  for  years  in  efforts  to  get 
clear  title  to  this  property.  The  "Renault  claims  case"  became  one  of  the  greatest 
litigations  ever  recorded  in  Illinois  courts.  In  later  years  the  "La  Ville  de  Maillet" 
litigation  was  nation-wide  in  its  interest  and  it  remained  for  Charles  Ballance,  owner 
of  much  of  the  land  under  question,  to  prosecute  the  litigation  through  the  courts  until 
settlement  had  been  determined  upon.  Some  of  the  French  claims  cases  went  through 
the  Illinois  courts  and  finally  reached  the  United  States  Supreme  Court.  The  Ballance 
litigation  settled  for  all  time  the  question  and  to-day  there  are  no  claims. 

Between  the  time  that  Renault  secured  his  claims  and  1765  little  is  known  of 
Peoria.  It  is  known,  however,  that  Peoria  grew  up  into  a  fair-sized  village.  In  all 
probability  the  French  settlement  replaced  the  former  Indian  village,  although  this  can 
not  be  positively  determined  because  the  exact  location  of  the  Indian  village  is  not 
known. 

At  the  time  of  the  cession  of  the  Illinois  country  by  France  to  Great  Britain,  in 
1763,  there  was  a  French  village  on  the  west  bank  of  Lake  Peoria,  about  one  and  one- 
half  miles  above  its  outlet.  This  was  in  the  vicinity  of  the  foot  of  Caroline  Street 
and  probably  extended  up  into  a  part  of  what  was  known  as  Birket's  Hollow.  It  con- 
tained a  fort  and  was  known  in  later  years  as  "Old  Peoria's  Fort  and  Village." 

Old  Peoria  at  that  time  was  comprised  principally  of  traders.  Many  of  its 
residents  made  annual  trips  to  Canada  to  dispose  of  valuable  pelts  and  furs  and  to 
bring  back  goods  for  the  Indian  market.  There  were  tradesmen,  principally  black- 
smiths, shoemakers,  wagonmakers  and  carpenters.  Most  of  the  farming  implements 
— and  farming  had  developed  considerably  by  that  time — were  made  in  the  rude  shops 
in  Peoria.  The  Indians,  during  this  Old  Peoria  period,  were  usually  friendly.  The 
white  residents  adopted  some  of  the  Indian  dress  and  the  Indians  adopted  some  of  the 
whites'  styles.  Instead  of  coats  the  residents  usually  wore  a  loose  blanket-garment 
called  a  capote.  There  was  a  cap  of  the  same  material  hanging  down  at  the  back 
of  the  neck. 

Old  Peoria  was  gradually  abandoned  as  the  people  moved  to  what  became  known 
as  New  Peoria,  at  the  foot  of  the  lake.  The  Indians  occupied  the  buildings  in  the 
old  city  for  a  number  of  years.  A  fort  in  New  Peoria  was  destroyed  about  1780 
and  was  not  rebuilt,  the  settlers  holding  to  the  opinion  that  they  could  get  along  bet- 
ter with  the  Indians  if  there  were  no  fort. 

In  1  8  10,  on  the  night  of  the  19th  of  June,  four  white  men  were  shot  and  killed 
by  Indians  near  Portage  de  Sioux  and  the  governor  of  Louisiana  made  a  requisition 
on  Governor  Ninian  Edwards  for  the  murderers.  It  was  learned  that  Chief  Gomo, 
a  Pottawatamie  chief  living  near  Chillicothe,  had  told  Colonel  Clark,  afterward  gov- 
ernor of  the  territory,  that  he  knew  the  identity  of  the  murderers.  Indian  affairs 
were  turbulent.  Tecumseh,  the  great  chief  of  the  Shawnees,  was  at  the  height  of 
his  power  and  was  roaming  the  country,  visiting  tribe  after  tribe,  inciting  a  general 
uprising    against    the    whites.      In     181 1,  Governor  Edwards  commissioned   Captain 


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Samuel  Levering  to  proceed  to  the  tribes  along  the  Illinois  to  demand  of  them  the 
authors  of  the  murder.  Captain  Levering  arrived  in  Peoria  and  was  met  by  Thomas 
Forsyth,  the  Indian  agent.  An  interview  with  Gomo  was  secured  and  the  chief  dis- 
patched his  young  warriors  to  round  up  the  other  chiefs.  On  the  following  day  Gomo 
came  to  Peoria  where  he  and  Levering  held  an  extended  interview.  The  now-famous 
Indian  council  materialized  on  August  1 5  and  the  days  immediately  following.  The 
council  resulted  in  Gomo's  delivering  up  two  stolen  horses  and  in  his  promising  to  do 
his  best  to  apprehend  and  deliver  to  Levering  the  Indians  who  had  committed  the 
murder.      The   murderers,   however,   were  never  located. 

The  building  of  Fort  Clark  makes  an  important  chapter  in  Peoria's  history.  The 
year  18 13  opened  with  Indian  hostilities  common  but  not  particularly  virulent.  By 
March,  however,  there  were  a  number  of  murders  and  other  atrocious  crimes  charged 
against  the  Indians  and  it  was  decided  that  some  formidable  force  should  be  organized 
to  march  against  the  Indians.  Consequently  the  militia  of  Missouri  and  Illinois  terri- 
tories, together  with  a  few  regulars,  organized  and  started  toward  the  Peoria  district. 
On  arriving  at  Peoria  lake  the  soldiers  commenced  building  a  block  house.  A  well  was 
dug  and  a  member  of  the  outfit  was  commissioned  to  go  to  the  woods  to  get  a  wild 
grape  vine  for  use  as  a  well  sweep.  While  in  a  tall  tree  cutting  down  a  vine  the 
soldier  discovered  a  large  body  of  Indians  skulking  behind  some  bushes.  He  spread 
the  alarm   and   notified  the   various   squads  in  time  to  prevent  a  massacre. 

It  was  decided  to  build  a  considerable  fort  and  to  this  end  the  soldiers  and  help- 
ers went  across  the  river  and  felled  numerous  trees,  trimming  them  off  to  make  logs. 
The  logs  were  floated  across  the  river  and  soon  Fort  Clark  began  to  assume  form 
and  shape.  This  fort  was  built  in  September  and  October,  18 13,  at  a  distance  of 
more  than  150  miles  from  any  other  white  settlement.  Authorities  seem  to  differ  as 
to  the  person  after  whom  the  fort  was  named — some  claim  it  was  named  for  William 
Clark,  then  governor  of  Missouri  territory,  and  some  that  it  was  named  for  General 
George   Rogers   Clark.      It  was   about    100  feet  square  with  a  ditch  along  each  side. 

It  is  not  known  how  long  the  fort  was  occupied  by  L'nited  States  troops  or  what 
officers  commanded  the  troops  there.  In  any  event  the  fort  was  burned  by  the  In- 
dians,  probably  about    18  18. 


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In  1825,  an  act  of  the  legislature  entitled  "An  Act  to  form  a  new  county  out  of 
the  country  in  the  vicinity  of  Fort  Clark"  was  passed.  Peoria  County,  therefore,  is 
in  its  centennial  year.  The  original  act  of  the  legislature  set  aside  the  first  Monday 
in  March  for  the  election  of  a  sheriff,  coroner  and  three  county  commissioners.  The 
first  officers  of  the  county  were  Samuel  Fulton,  sheriff;  William  Phillips,  coroner;  Wil- 
liam Holland,  Nathan  Dillon  and  Joseph  Smith,  commissioners. 

The  debate  between  Lincoln  and  Douglas  stands  out  as  a  red  letter  occasion  in 
Peoria's  history.  The  Kansas-Nebraska  bill  had  created  comment  and  aroused  excite- 
ment in  various  parts  of  the  country.  When  news  of  the  bill's  introduction  reached 
Peoria,  in  February,  1854,  a  meeting  was  held  at  the  court  house.  Resolutions  were 
adopted  expressing  regret  over  the  course  of  Senator  Douglas.  A  counter  meeting  was 
then  held,  early  in  March,  at  which  Douglas'  actions  were  defended.  The  campaign 
preceding  the  election  of  1854  developed  into  a  notable  one.  Douglas  billed  several 
meetings  in  Central  Illinois,  among  them  being  one  for  October  16.  When  this  had 
been  learned  the  Whigs  turned  to  Abraham  Lincoln  as  the  proper  person  to  answer 
the  senator.  A  letter  was  written  by  prominent  Peorians  and  posted  to  Lincoln  on 
September  28,  1854. 

Lincoln  having  accepted  the  Peoria  invitation,  a  joint  debate  between  him  and  Mr. 
Douglas  was  arranged  and  it  took  place  on  the  day  originally  set  for  the  Douglas 
speech.  The  speaking  was  on  the  south  corner  of  the  old  court  house  where  a  small 
platform  had  been  erected,  partly  under  cover  of  the  portico. 

Mr.  Douglas'  speech  occupied  about  three  hours,  closing  at  five  o'clock.  Mr. 
Lincoln  then  came  forward  and  suggested  that  as  the  hour  was  late  the  people  go  for 
their  suppers  and  then  reconvene  at  seven.  This  plan  was  adopted.  In  the  evening 
Lincoln  gave  his  speech  which  has  since  become  one  of  the  political  classics.  It  was 
in  this  speech  that  Lincoln  outlined  the  policies  which  later  became  the  platform  of  the 
Republican  party. 

Peoria's  progress  as  a  city  may  be  said  to  have  begun  following  the  Civil  War, 
a  war  in  which  Peoria  contributed  valuably  in  many  respects.  Industrially  the  city 
had  been  gaining  steadily,  with  numerous  small  shops  and  factories,  most  of  them  near 
the  river.  Railroads  had  been  increasing  in  mileage  and  in  activity  in  the  Peoria  vicini- 
ty. Schools  had  been  growing  in  efficiency  and  in  patronage.  Churches  had  develop- 
ed consistently  and  had  written  remarkablle  chapters  in  Illinois'  religious  history.  The 
grain  business  had  assumed  great  proportions  and  Peoria  grew  into  a  brewery  and 
distillery  center  largely  because  of  the  grain  market  and  because  of  an  unlimited 
amount  of  pure  water  of  a  very  cold  temperature. 

At  the  present  time  Peoria,  with  its  immediate  environs,  has  a  population  ap- 
proximating 100,000. 

The  factory  district,  once  confined  to  a  few  blocks  along  the  river  front,  stretches 
a  long  distance  along  the  river  as  well  as  into  other  parts  of  the  city  where  conditions 
favor  manufacturing.  East  Peoria  and  Averyville  have  developed  large  factories  on 
sites  which  were   farm   land  three   decades  ago. 

Prior  to  the  Civil  War,  the  principal  products  manufactured  in  Peoria  were 
brick,  flour,  sash  and  doors,  harness,  plows,  furniture,  cooperage  and  distillery  and 
brewery  products. 

Implement  manufacturing  had  started  as  early  as  1843  when  Tobey  and  Ander- 
son made  plows  at  Water  Street  between  Liberty  and  Fulton.  The  Acme  Harvester 
Company  began  making  harvesting  machinery  in  1881.  The  city  was  the  bicycle  cen- 
ter of  the  country  at  one  time,  early  in  the  90's,  when  several  bicycle  factories 
flourished  in  the  city  and  Peoria  Heights.  Boat  building  was  a  major  industry  in 
early  years. 

Peoria-made  products  at  the  present  time  include  such  items  as  these:  tractors, 
farm  machinery  and  implements,  malt  products,  woven  wire  fencing,  barb  wire,  coop- 


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erage,  tin  and  metal  ware,  brass  goods,  stock  food,  Hour,  binder  twine,  cigars, 
cereals,  glucose,  starch,  commercial  solvents,  pharmaceutical  goods,  grain  weighers, 
oil  burners,  furnaces,  stoves,  harvesting  machinery,  industrial  alcohol,  brooms,  sash, 
doors,  cut  stone,  gloves,  mittens,  aprons,  castings,  architectural  and  structural  iron, 
awnings,  tents,  brick,  crackers,  confectionery,  overalls,  pottery  ware,  canned  goods, 
paper  boxes,  paper  bags,  roofing  paper,  meat  products,  boilers,  straw  board,  sweaters 
and  knit  goods,  elevator  locks,  wagons,  auto  bodies,  artificial  limbs,  metal  barrels, 
hosiery,  drums,  mattresses,  advertising  specialties,  automobile  parts,  auto  tops,  baling 
wire,  batteries,  mill  supplies,  mine  machinery,  boxes,  camping  goods,  caskets,  chemi- 
cals, concrete  blocks,  conveyors,  costumes,  creamery  products,  shipping  crates,  electric 
fixtures,  powder,  dynamite,  radios,  rubber  stamps,  electric  and  power  washing  ma- 
chines,  electric  ironers,   yeast,   and  products  of  a  thousand  different  varieties. 


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The  Pantheon  of  Illinois 


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George  Anthony  Zeller,  Superintendent,  Peoria  State  Hospital 

ANTHEON,  "A  building  where  rest  the  illustrious  dead  of  a  nation."    Dic- 
tionary. 

Has  Illinois  such  an  edifice?  No,  but  it  has  a  region  teeming  with 
historical  associations,  abounding  in  graves  in  which  repose  the  ashes  of  its 
pioneers,  filled  with  the  memories  that  cluster  about  its  first  and  second 
capitol,  romantic,  picturesque  and  genuine,  yet  so  little  known  that  only  the  special 
inquirer  or  the  member  of  a  historical  society  gives  it  more  than  a  passing  thought. 

It  is  not  in  Springfield,  where  the  Great  Emancipator  sleeps.  His  tomb  is  essen- 
tially a  world's  shrine  and  no  state  is  big  enough  to  claim  him  all  its  own  and  no 
words  adequate  to  do  justice  to  his  greatness. 

It  is  not  on  the  Lake  Front  at  Chicago,  where  the  statue  of  his  eloquent  con- 
temporary,  Douglas,   looks  down  from  its  stately  pedestal. 

It  is  not  Quincy,  where  the  state  has  erected  a  statue  of  its  rugged  Governor, 
Wood. 

It  is  not  Alton,  where  a  delayed  recognition  of  his  great  sacrifice  brought  about 
the  erection  of  the  monument  to  Elijah  Lovejoy,  the  martyred  abolitionist, — 

You  will  seek  it  in  vain  in  the  crowded  cities  or  the  broad  prairies.  The  former 
were  not  in  existence  and  the  latter  were  a  wilderness  when  the  foundations  of  the 
state  were  laid. 

The  Pantheon  of  Illinois  is  right  down  in  that  uncertainly  defined  region  known 
as  "Egypt,"  particularly  that  section  adjacent  to  Kaskaskia  and  centering  about  the 
City  of  Chester,  the  present  seat  of  government  of  Randolph  County. 

It  is  not  a  building  at  all  but  is  outdoors  under  the  sky  and  among  the  trees, 
with  the  heavens  for  a  roof,  the  high  bluffs  its  amphitheater,  the  fertile  bottoms  its 
stage  and  the  winding  river  and  scattered  hamlets  its  background. 

The  men  who  wrought  the  agricultural,  industrial  and  commercial  wonders  which 
we  see  about  us  to-day  had  at  their  command  most  of  the  modern  inventions  to  aid  them 
in  their  work,  while  the  pioneers  had  only  their  bare  hands  and  the  natural  resources 
to  aid  them. 

The  statesman  or  legislator  of  to-day  merely  adds  to  or  amends  the  law.  He  has 
as  a  working  basis  the  constitution  and  a  century  of  practical  government. 

The  pioneers  had  no  precedent  to  guide  them.  They  had  to  make  their  environ- 
ment from  the  material  at  their  command,  which,  human  and  otherwise,  was  crude 
and  unpromising.  They  had  the  elements  and  every  natural  obstacle  to  contend  with 
and  the  contest  called  forth  all  the  energy  at  their  command. 

It  made  them  resourceful,  strong  and  economical  and  their  early  laws  reflect 
these  characteristics.  One  of  the  political  criticisms  of  the  day  was  the  fact  that  when 
the  capitol  was  moved  to  Vandalia  and  there  was  no  State  House  a  man  erected  a 
building  for  the  use  of  the  legislature  for  which  the  state  paid  the  exorbitant  sum  of 
THREE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  a  year. 

They  lived  adjacent  to  slave  territory,  yet  they  maintained  Illinois  as  free  soil. 
The  code  duello  was  in  vogue  in  Kentucky  and  Missouri,  yet  they  adjusted  their  dif- 
ferences in  court  or  by  arbitration. 

Feudalism  raged  immediately  to  the  south  and  west  of  them  yet  very  little  frater- 
nal blood  was  shed  in  the  settlement  of  Illinois. 

The  territory  was  alternately  under  the  jurisdiction  of  Spain,  France  and  Great 
Britain  before  it  became  a  part  of  our  national  domain. 

The  first  governor  of  Illinois  after  its  admission  into  the  Union  was  Shadrach 
Bond. 

His  portrait  hangs  in  the  executive  office  of  the  capitol  and  his  strong  features 


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arc  accentuated  by  a  uniform  which  from  the  size  of  the  epaulettes  and  the  amount 
of  braid  on  the  collar  would  indicate  that  he  considered  the  ex-officio  title  of  "Com- 
mander-in-Chief of  the  State  Militia"  a  serious  responsibility.  And  no  doubt  it  was, 
for  the  War  of  1812  was  still  fresh  in  the  minds  of  the  settlers  and  there  were  among 
them  many  who  had  served  in  the  Revolution. 

Illinois  is  fortunate  in  having  the  oil  portrait  of  each  of  its  former  governors. 
It  is  customary,  when  a  governor  retires,  for  the  succeeding  legislature  to  vote  a  gener- 
ous sum   for  a  portrait  to  be  hung  alongside  his  colleagues. 

It  is  stipulated  that  it  must  be  executed  by  an  Illinois  artist  and  in  this  manner 
we  have  preserved  the  features  of  the  men  placed  at  the  head  of  affairs  from  one  ad- 
ministration to  another  and  at  the  same  time  have  an  expression  of  the  artistic  talent 
possessed  by  our  people  during  the  century  of  our  existence  as  a  state. 

As  in  all  portraiture  the  present  has  not  improved  upon  the  past  and  it  is  proba- 
ble that  an  impartial  critic  would  pronounce  the  picture  of  Governor  Bond  the  best  in 
the  entire  collection.  He  was  buried  at  Kaskaskia,  but  the  encroachments  of  the 
Mississippi  River  necessitated  the  removal  of  his  remains  and  they  now  rest  in  the 
picturesque   cemetery   adjoining   the    City   of  Chester. 

The  proverbial  ingratitude  of  republics  did  not  extend  to  him,  for,  half  a  century 
after  his  death  the  state  erected  a  creditable  granite  shaft  over  his  second  grave  and 
upon  it  they  caused  to  be  inscribed  these  modest  yet  appreciative  words: 

"In  Memory  of  Shadrach  Bond, 

First  Governor  of  Illinois. 

Born  in  Fredericktown,  Maryland, 

November  24th,  1773. 

Died  at  his  residence  near  Kaskaskia, 

April  13th,   1832. 

Governor  Bond  filled  many  offices  of 

trust   and   importance   all   with 

integrity  and  honor. 

In    recognition   of   his   valuable   public 

services  this  monument  was  erected 

by  the  State. 

A.  D.   1883." 

The  erosions  of  the  Mississippi  did  not  cease  with  the  removal  of  the  body  of 
the  first  governor.  Block  after  block  of  the  ancient  village  was  washed  away  and 
finally  when  the  entire  cemetery  was  threatened  the  legislature  appropriated  a  sum  of 
money  sufficient  to  have  the  remaining  bodies  removed  to  a  place  where  the  floods 
could  not  molest  them.  This  was  certainly  accomplished.  They  were  removed  from 
the  lowest  river  bottoms  to  almost  the  highest  altitude  in  southern  Illinois,  near  the 
site  of  Fort  Gage,  one  of  the  strong  defences  of  the  Mississippi,  built  and  occupied  by 
the  British  in  the  eighteenth  century. 

On  this  prominent  bluff,  commanding  a  sweeping  view  of  the  Mississippi  Bends, 
lies  Garrison  Hill  cemetery,  an  original  French  grant  or  commons,  and  there  the  dead 
of  the  abandoned  Kaskaskia  cemetery  were  reinterred.  It  is  less  than  ten  miles  from 
the  grave  of  Governor  Bond. 

Here  too,  the  state  erected  a  granite  shaft  liberal  in  its  proportions  and  stately 
in  design.  Almost  inaccessible  by  conveyance  and  reached  only  by  pedestrians  possess- 
ing the  hardihood  of  mountain  climbers  it  awakens  a  feeling  of  awe  and  reverence  as 
it  is  so  unexpectedly  encountered  in  the  midst  of  its  primitive  surroundings. 


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Upon  its  pedestal  is  carved  this  legend: 

"Those  who  sleep  here  were  first 
buried  at  Kaskaskia  and  after- 
wards removed  to  this  cemetery. 

They  were  the  early  pioneers  of 
the  Mississippi  Valley. 

They  planted  free  institutions 
in  this  wilderness  and  were  the 
founders  of  a  great  commonwealth. 
1892." 

You  look  about  in  vain  for  the  ancient  tombstones,  many  of  which  were  imported 
from  France  and  inscribed  with  unique  and  tender  mottoes.  If  they  are  there  they 
are  invisible.  The  cemetery  is  one  of  the  most  desolate  and  neglected  spots  in  Illinois. 
It  extends  quite  a  distance  down  the  hillside  and  most  of  it  is  visible  from  the  monu- 
ment but  the  eye  sees  only  here  and  there  a  shaft  that  rises  above  the  sumac,  the  scrub 
oak,  the  bramble  and  the  dense  verdure  which  covers  the  entire  enclosure.  To  at- 
tempt to  explore  the  lot  would  mean  destruction  to  clothes  and  cuticle  as  one  tries 
to  force  his  way  through  briar  and  brush.  An  occasional  burial  takes  place  there  even 
now  and  at  such  times  the  neighbors  cut  a  trail  to  the  grave,  keep  it  passable  for  a 
year  or  two  and  again  allow  it  to  become  a  part  of  the  jungle. 

An  idea  of  what  genealogical  history  may  be  hidden  away  in  the  thicket  is  re- 
vealed in  the  epitaphs  of  two  monuments  near  the  fence. 

One,  a  marble  shaft,  reads: 

"IN  MEMORY  OF  REV.  NICHOLAS  PERRIN, 
BORN  IN  VAL,  FRANCE,  1799,  DIED,  1859, 
HAVING  BEEN  PASTOR  OF  THIS  PARISH  10  YEARS." 

The  other,  a  large  marble  slab  resting  upon  four  neatly  turned  marble  legs,  bears 
the  inscription : 

"COLONEL  WILLIAM  MORRISON, 
DEPARTED  THIS  LIFE,  APRIL  9,  1837, 
AGED  74  YEARS." 

Both  awaken  memories  of  descendants  conspicuous  in  the  affairs  of  the  state  and 
nation. 

The  grave  of  Elias  Kent  Kane,  first  secretary  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  who 
died  in  Washington  while  serving  his  second  term  as  United  States  Senator,  is  only 
a  mile  and  a  half  from  the  monument. 

The  casket  was  visible  in  an  open  vault  for  many  years,  but  is  now  sealed  be- 
neath an  arched  mausoleum  upon  which  is  engraved  his  title,  his  name  and  the  year  of 
his  death. 

To  visit  it  you  go  up  a  steep  hill,  across  a  plowed  field,  through  rickety  barnyard 
gates,  past  a  dilapidated  house  and  out  on  the  farthest  projecting  point  of  the  bluffs. 

Yet  a  distinguished  committee  of  statesmen,  appointed  by  the  president  of  the 
United  States  Senate,  accompanied  the  body  on  its  thousand  mile  trip  by  stage-line 
and  steamboat  and  reverently  laid  it  there,  in  the  bosom  of  the  state  he  had  served  so 
well  in  the  councils  of  the  Nation. 

It  was  his  home.  It  was  the  claim  that  he  had  pre-empted  out  of  the  public  do- 
main. /;/  that  house  the  first  constitution  of  Illinois  was  written.  His  must  have 
been  an  artistic  and  a  romantic  nature.  Could  he  rise  from  the  vault  to-day  and  view 
the  fertile  fields  of  the  valley  as  they  stretch  in  endless  and  increasing  wealth  toward 


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the  west  and  realize  that  the  National  boundary  extends  to  the  Pacific  and  beyond,  he 
would  only  be  verifying  what  his  vision  then  foresaw. 

It  was  not  chance  that  led  these  master  minds  to  select  homes  in  such  unpromis- 
ing surroundings.  It  was  prophecy,  destiny — fate.  It  was  foreordained  that  out  of 
the  culture  and  refinement  of  the  east  a  portion  of  its  rarest  talent  would  come  west 
and  aid  the  rude  pioneers  in  shaping  the  future  of  the  great  commonwealth  of  which 
we  are  a  part. 

Senator  Elias  Kent  Kane  and  his  cousin,  Elisha  Kent  Kane,  the  arctic  explorer, 
were  members  of  a  wealthy  New  York  family  and  every  detail  of  their  education  was 
carefully  looked  after  by  their  talented  parents.      Both  were  Yale  graduates. 

They  could  have  remained  at  home  in  ease  and  luxury,  yet  one  chose  to  become 
the  chief  aid  in  the  formation  of  a  new  and  great  state  and  the  other  gave  up  his  life 
in  the  vain  quest  for  the  pole. 

Interest  in  this  hallowed  spot  is  heightened  by  the  knowledge  that  Daniel  Web- 
ster made  the  long  voyage  from  Washington  to  stand  beside  the  tomb  and  pay  tribute 
to  the  memory  of  his  learned  colleague. 

Associate  and  friend  of  Webster  and  Clay,  of  Andrew  Jackson  and  John  Quincy 
Adams,  surely  his  service  to  the  state  in  the  days  of  its  infancy  would  warrant  more 
consideration  than  is  shown  in  these  days  of  our  greater  development  and  boundless 
resources. 

Not,  strictly  speaking,  in  "Egypt,"  but  in  territory  intimately  associated  with  our 
earlier  history  is  the  grave  of  John  Reynolds.  He  rests  in  Walnut  Hill,  the  beautiful 
cemetery  of  Belleville,  the  city,  in  which  he  lived  and  died  and  where  he  wrote  his 
Pioneer  History  of  Illinois,  a  work  which  to  this  day  is  not  only  regarded  as  an  ac- 
curate chronicle  but  which  teems  with  descriptive  articles  and  comments  on  statecraft 
drawn  from  his  extensive  knowledge  of  men  and  affairs.  A  simple  marble  shaft  marks 
his  grave,  and  it  was  not  erected  by  the  state.  A  sister's  love  and  appreciation  stepped 
in  and  supplied  that  which  a  great  state  denied  him,  a  state  which  he  served  as 
representative  in  congress,  soldier  in  the  Black  Hawk  War,  judge  of  the  supreme 
court  and  governor.  I  leave  it  for  the  reader  to  measure  the  depth  of  devotion  con- 
tained in  the  inscription  on  the  tombstone: 

"GOVERNOR  JOHN  REYNOLDS, 

OF  ILLINOIS 

BORN 

IN  MONTGOMERY  CO.,  PENN., 

FEBRUARY  28,  1788. 

DIED 

MAY  8,  1865. 

AN  OFFERING  OF  AN  ONLY  SISTER'S  LOVE." 

Families  may  scatter  and  their  surviving  members  be  far  removed  from  the  rest- 
ing places  of  their  ancestors  but  the  state  is  perpetual  and  even  though  those  next  of 
kin  may  be  unable  to  care  for  the  graves  of  their  forefathers,  it  should  not  allow 
the  resting  places  of  those  who  laid  its  foundations  to  be  neglected.  Modern  Egypt 
and  Greece  permitted  their  catacombs,  their  monuments,  their  obelisks  and  their  tem- 
ples to  be  desecrated  and  destroyed  but  not  until  sixty  generations  had  built  them  up 
and  enjoyed  them.  We,  in  the  third  generation,  have  practically  forgotten  our  pan- 
theon and  are  permitting  the  hallowed  associations  surrounding  the  birth  of  the  com- 
monwealth to  be  lost  in  obscurity. 

Any  one  who  thinks  that  the  culture  of  these  forerunners  of  our  civilization  was 
crude  will  be  disillusioned  upon  entering  the    homes    of   their   descendants.      He   will 


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find  there  many  pieces  of  most  exquisitely  designed  mahogany  furniture,  rare  old 
clocks,   artistic  bric-a-brac  and   an   occasional  portrait  in  oil. 

The  home  of  Pierre  Menard,  the  first  lieutenant-governor  of  Illinois,  still  stands 
in  a  splendid  state  of  preservation.  It  is  a  square  frame  building  with  the  roof  com- 
ing down  over  the  porches  on  two  sides.  Double  French  doors  admit  you  to  the  large 
living  room  from  which  other  doors  open  into  various  chambers.  There  are  three 
handsome  but  rather  plain  mantels  which  were  imported  from  France.  The  rooms 
are  spacious  and  the  house  would  be  accepted  by  even  discriminating  persons  as  a  per- 
fectly desirable  residence  as  it  stands  now,  without  alteration,  although  it  was  built  in 
1770. 

In  this  house  the  great  Lafayette  was  entertained  when  he  returned  to  this 
country  to  become  the  guest  of  the  nation  which  he  helped  to  found. 

Pierre  Menard  invited  him  to  his  home  and  the  enthusiastic  members  of  the 
French  colony  vied  with  each  other  in  showering  attentions  upon  the  great  soldier  of 
the  Revolution,  friend  and  comrade  of  Washington. 

Menard  was  a  conspicuous  figure  in  the  French  colony  and  a  number  of  his  coun- 
trymen perpetuated  his  memory  by  the  erection  of  the  magnificent  bronze  statue  in 
the  state  house  square  in  Springfield. 

It  is  the  only  piece  of  statuary  that  adorns  our  capitol  grounds  and  it  is  a  won- 
derful work  of  art. 

Sometime  some  great  connoisseur  will  come  along  and  "discover"  the  statue  of 
Menard  and  reveal  its  beauty  to  a  world  that  has  passed  in  and  out  of  Springfield 
unconscious  of  the  presence  of  this  artistic  treasure. 

He  stands  there  in  massive  proportions,  a  mantle  or  cloak  thrown  back  from  his 
shoulders,  apparently  consummating  a  treaty  with  an  Indian  Chief,  who  sits  at  his 
feet  holding  in  one  hand  a  peace  pipe  and  with  the  other  tendering  the  gift  of  a  wolf 
skin. 

There  is  an  air  of  sincerity  and  command  in  the  features  of  the  Frenchman  and 
of  deference  and  respect  in  the  face  and  poise  of  the  Indian,  the  whole  forming  a 
masterly  allegory  of  the  rise  of  the  white  man,  and  the  submission  of  the  aborigine. 

St.  Gauden's  statue  of  Abraham  Lincoln  stood  in  the  Chicago  park  a  long  time 
without  attracting  attention.  People  stopped  to  look  at  the  tall  angular  figure  in 
bronze  standing  near  a  rather  awkwardly  placed  chair  but  it  did  not  occur  to  them 
that  right  there  stood  one  of  the  world's  masterpieces  of  statuary,  a  silent,  solitary 
figure  of  rugged  virtue,  a  character  so  exalted  that  it  would  be  profaned  by  any 
other  setting. 

It  was  not  until  an  European  art  critic  called  attention  to  its  perfection  of  de- 
sign and  dignity  of  pose  that  its  true  worth  became  known.  And  so  it  will  some  day 
be  pointed  out  to  us  that  we  have  its  counterpart  at  Springfield,  just  as  we  have  in 
Southern  Illinois  the  graves  of  pioneers  who  in  what  they  wrought  and  in  hardships 
endured  were  the  equal  of  the  Pilgrim   Fathers. 


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The  Story  of  The  Peoria  Evening  Star 


Home  of   The  Star,     i — Office.     2 — Front   View  of  Building. 


FOUNDERS  PROUDLY  BOASTED  IT  WAS  FOUNDED  ONLY  ON  HOPE 

AND  A  BUCKET  OF  INK. 

Something  of  Its  First  Editor  and  His  Fearless  Policy   That  Quickly  Made  It  One 
of  the  Most  Popular  and  Influential  Newspapers  of  the  Entire  Middle  West. 

HE  Peoria  Evening  Star  was  born  September  27,  1897.  It  was  the  boast 
of  its  founders  that  it  was  started  on  hope  and  a  bucket  of  ink.  The 
bucket  of  ink  may  not  have  been  full,  but  the  faith  of  its  founders  was 
I  full  to  overflowing.  It  is  doubtful  if  there  was  in  the  United  States  at 
that  time,  or  has  since  been,  two  men  who  could  have  accomplished  what 
the  founders  of  The  Star  accomplished — the  establishment  of  a  newspaper,  without 
money,  without  much  credit  or  much  of  anything  else  save  the  confidence  of  the  com- 
munity in  their  ability  and  an  abundance  of  courage  to  do  and  dare.  This  applied 
specially  to  the  editor,  Eugene  F.  Baldwin,  whose  reputation  as  a  writer  and  for  cour- 
age and  vision  had  long  since  been  established.  To  the  day  of  his  death  he  remain- 
ed one  of  the  foremost  editors  in  the  country,  and  the  reputation  of  The  Star  extend- 
ed far  outside  the  confines  of  the  City  of  Peoria.  It  speedily  became  the  most  talked 
of  and  the  most  widely  read  paper  of  its  size  in  the  country. 

Wrote  a  Book. 

For  a  few  years  previous  to  their  last  venture  in  the  newspaper  business  Messrs. 
Baldwin  and  Charles  H.  Powell  had  been  engaged  in  the  manufacturing  business.  It 
is  true  that  Mr.  Baldwin  had  found  time  to  engage   in   literary  work,   but  it  had  not 


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been  his  chief  occupation.  One  book  still  read  and  remembered  by  Peorians  was  writ- 
ten in  collaboration  with  Rabbi  Eisenberg,  later  of  Richmond,  Virginia,  then  in  charge 
of  the  Monroe  Street  Temple  in  this  city.      It  was  "Doctor  Carvallo." 

So  many  demands  were  made  upon  Mr.  Baldwin  that  he  again  engage  in  journalis- 
tic work,  that  he  finally  consented.  It  was  easy  enough  to  decide  to  start  a  paper,  but 
not  so  easy  of  accomplishment.  The  first  thing  they  did  was  to  start  out  solicitors 
to  take  subscriptions  for  the  new  paper.  And  so  strong  was  Mr.  Baldwin's  indi- 
viduality and  his  popularity  that  within  a  comparatively  short  time  5,000  persons  in 
Peoria  and  the  immediate  vicinity  had  agreed  to  take  the  new  paper,  before  they  knew 
what  it  was  to  be  called,  or  whether  there  was  any  certainty  that  it  would  ever  be 
published.  This  record  has  probably  never  been  equalled  in  the  history  of  the  news- 
paper business. 

Capital  Fought  Shy. 

Fired  with  hope  and  full  of  enthusiasm  for  their  project  the  founders  then  ap- 
proached a  number  of  local  capitalists  in  the  hope  of  eliciting  their  aid,  but  capital- 
ists then,  as  now,  fought  shy  of  untried  projects,  and  the  new  paper  threatened  to 
"die  before  it  was  born."  But  men  of  the  caliber  of  Eugene  Baldwin  were  not  to  be 
daunted  by  obstacles.  The  partners  went  to  Chicago,  called  on  the  head  of  the 
Ostrander-Seymour  Printing  Press  Company,  told  their  story,  with  the  result  that  the 
head  of  the  firm  agreed  to  ship  them  a  press.  It  is  said  that  when  this  press  ar- 
rived they  had  difficulty  in  raising  the  funds  with  which  to  pay  the  freight  and  for 
having  it  set  up. 

In  the  meantime  the  publishers  rented  the  quarters  formerly  occupied  by  the  Cut- 
ter &  Wrigley  grocery  store  at  the  corner  of  Jefferson  and  Fulton  Streets.  They 
used  half  the  ground  floor  and  the  basement  for  a  press  room.  The  editorial,  ad- 
vertising and  bookkeeping  departments  occupied  the  Fulton  Street  side  of  the  building. 
The  first  pages  of  the  fledgling  paper  were  set  by  hand.  Later  a  linotype  machine 
was  added,  and  still  later  another.  The  first  editorial  force  consisted  of  two  men, 
Mr.  Baldwin  and  Charles  T.  Lambert,  still  in  harness  and  still  in  the  possession  of 
those  peculiar  qualifications  which  made  him  of  great  value  to  the  new  sheet.  These 
two  men  wrote  the  paper  and  gave  it  a  piquant  flavor  that  speedily  placed  it  in  high 
favor  with  the  reading  public. 

A  Great  Editor. 

Few  men  in  the  newspaper  profession  in  the  history  of  the  state  have  had  so 
complete  a  grasp  upon  public  questions  as  Eugene  F.  Baldwin.  His  indomitable 
courage,  his  sense  of  fairness  and  a  determination  to  make  his  paper  the  organ  of 
the  common  people  soon  made  The  Star  the  best  known  and  most  widely  circulated 
paper  in  the  state  outside  the  City  of  Chicago.  Naturally  so  vigorous  and  courageous 
a  character  now  and  then  encountered  opposition,  but  opposition  meant  nothing  to  E. 
F.  Baldwin,  so  long  as  he  was  convinced  that  he  was  in  the  right.  The  story  of  his 
fights  in  behalf  of  the  public,  his  struggles  to  protect  the  rights  of  the  masses  against 
corporate  wealth  and  aggression,  is  a  replica  of  the  story  of  the  growth  of  the  press 
everywhere. 

It  is  not  to  be  supposed  that  a  paper  founded  under  the  circumstances  that  wit- 
nessed the  birth  of  The  Star  would  have  easy  sailing.  In  fact  the  sailing  was  any- 
thing but  easy.  The  financial  obstacles  encountered  and  successively  overcome  would 
fill  a  book,  but  never  once  did  the  courage  of  its  founders  falter. 

Death  of  Charles  H.  Powell. 

Charles  H.  Powell  died  in  1902.  He  was  succeeded  as  business  manager  for  a 
short  time  by  James  S.  Allen  and  the  late   Charles   C.    Carroll,    of   Springfield,   but 


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their  stay  was  brief,  and  H.  S.  Weidman  was  in  charge  for  a  few  years,  being  placed 
there  at  the  instance  of  W.  E.  Hull,  who  was  a  close  friend  of  Mr.  Baldwin  and  one 
of  his  warmest  admirers.  In  the  fall  of  1905,  Mr.  Weidman  retired  as  business 
manager  and  was  succeeded  by  Harry  M.  Powell,  who  had  previously  been  book- 
keeper, and  later  advertising  manager.  Mr.  Powell,  nephew  of  Charles  H.  Powell, 
was  also  a  protege  of  Mr.  Baldwin,  and  had  developed  marked  ability  as  advertising 
manager.  As  business  manager  he  soon  developed  into  an  asset  to  the  paper,  and 
made  his  ability  felt  in  every  department.  Mr.  Powell  possessed  the  confidence  of 
his  fellowmen  to  a  remarkable  degree,  and  under  his  guidance  the  advertising  pat- 
ronage of  the  paper  increased  enormously.  Meanwhile  its  circulation  had  been  in- 
creasing by  leaps  and  bounds,  due  to  the  ability  of  Mr.  Baldwin  as  a  writer,  and  The 
Star  began  to  assume  tremendous  importance  in  the  field  of  Illinois  journalism,  and  had 
begun  to  attract  attention  in  other  states.  From  this  time  on  it  is  safe  to  say  that 
Mr.  Baldwin  was  the  best  known  and  most  widely  quoted  editorial  writer  and  speaker 
in  the  west — a  worthy  successor  to  Joseph  Medill  of  the  Chicago  Tribune,  who  made 
that  paper  famous. 

Progress. 

The  progress  of  The  Star  from  this  time  on  was  assured.  Its  influence  was 
paramount,  both  in  the  business,  political  and  civic  field.  The  death  of  Mr.  Bald- 
win, which  occurred  on  November  19th,  19 14,  came  as  a  shock  to  the  City  of  Peoria. 
Messages  of  condolence  flowed  in  from  every  part  of  the  central  west.  Regret  at  his 
demise  was  expressed  on  every  hand  and  it  was  universally  conceded  that  the  city  had 
sustained  a  severe  loss. 

Upon  his  death,  Mr.  Powell  succeeded  to  the  management  of  the  paper  and  the 
present  editor  assumed  the  editorial  duties  which  had  been  so  ably  performed  by  Mr. 
Baldwin.  The  new  management  promptly  decided  that  the  policies  which  had  made 
the  paper  great  should  be  followed  out.  And  they  have  been  to  this  day.  As  is 
usually  the  case  when  so  commanding  a  personality  as  Mr.  Baldwin  passes  on  it  was 
freely  predicted  by  The  Star's  rivals  that  it  would  not  last  long.  But  strangely  enough 
and  to  the  intense  surprise  of  those  gentlemen,  The  Star  continued  to  grow  and 
thrive  even  faster  than  it  had  before.  Its  advertising  patronage  became  a  seven  days 
wonder.  It  continued  to  grow,  until  last  year  it  reached  the  unprecedented  volume 
of  822,000  inches  or  eleven  million  five  hundred  thousand  lines — the  largest  volume 
of  advertising  ever  carried,   so   far  as  known  by  a  paper  of  its  size  and  circulation. 

Mr.  Powell  died  on  January  5th,  1920.  His  death  caused  widespread  regret  in 
Peoria  as  well  as  the  newspaper  world.  Few  men  of  his  years  enjoyed  the  wide  ac- 
quaintance or  popularity. 

It  was  then  that  Mrs.  Fannie  G.  Baldwin,  president  of  The  Star  Company,  decid- 
ed to  put  into  effect  the  plan  of  putting  control  of  the  paper  in  the  hands  of  the  execu- 
tive heads  of  the  various  departments.  Again  it  was  said  that  The  Star  would  not 
survive;  that  the  absence  of  a  centralized  control  would  prove  ruinous.  But  as  be- 
fore, The  Star  continued  on  the  course  it  had  followed  and  it  was  during  the  first 
year  of  this  management  that  the  paper  achieved  the  record  of  volume  of  advertis- 
ing set  forth  above. 

The  Star  has  always  maintained  a  hold  on  the  affections  of  the  reading  public 
which  its  rivals  have  never  been  able  to  shake.  It  was  founded  in  response  to  a 
universal  demand  for  a  paper  that  stood  for  something.  The  papers  in  the  field  in 
1897  lacked  influence,  circulation  and  the  courage  to  stand  up  and  fight  for  the  peo- 
ple. There  were  three  of  them.  Two  had  formerly  possessed  no  small  influence  in 
the  community — the  Transcript  and  the  Journal.  The  Herald  was  a  struggling  sheet 
with   little  circulation   and   less   influence.      The  Journal  had  declined  until  it  was  bare- 


1'irii-  (tin    Hundred   <ih<i   Eighty-nine 


ly  able  to  keep  its  head  above  water.  It  was  founded  by  Mr.  Baldwin  and  the  late 
Jacob  B.  Barnes,  and  soon  grew  to  be  a  paper  of  commanding  influence  in  the  com- 
munity, but  when  Mr.  Baldwin  left  it  it  soon  sank  beneath  the  waves  of  adversity. 
As  soon  as  The  Star  was  started  its  fate  was  sealed.  It  was  sold  a  few  years  later 
and  soon  passed  into  the  hands  of  its  present  management. 

The  Star  has  the  largest  circulation  in  this  part  of  the  state  and  a  larger  adver- 
tising patronage  than  any  paper  of  its  size  in  the  country.  It  stands  now,  as  it  stood 
in  the  early  days  of  its  career,  for  the  common  man.  Its  doors  are  always  open  to 
the  individual  with  a  complaint.  It  is  not  to  be  deterred  from  its  course  by  hostile 
criticism  or  the  fear  of  consequences.  It  believes,  with  Lincoln,  that  God  must  love 
the  common  man,  because  he  made  so  many  of  them.  It  stands  for  a  square  deal  for 
the  rich,  however,  as  well  as  the  poor,  and  this  policy  has  made  it  the  most  popular 
paper  in  the  central  west. 


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EUGENE  F.   BALDWIN 
— /;;   Memoriam — 

Eugene  F.  Baldwin,  founder  of  the  Peoria  Journal  and  later  the  Peoria  Star,  left  his  imprint  more 
indelibly  on  the  newspaper  business  of  Peoria  and  down  state  Illinois,  probably,  than  any  of  the  hundreds 
of  editors  who  preceded  him  and  who  are  following.  It  was  in  the  boundless  field  of  journalism  that 
he  was  able  to  catch  his  stride,  and  rise  rapidly  to  the  top  of  the  ladder.  Starting  out  successfully  as  a 
school  teacher,  with  the  .quick  perception  that  was  a  strong  characteristic  of  him,  he  early  visioned  a  far 
broader  field  for  usefulness  and  influence  in  the  editorial  chair,  and  embraced  an  offered  opportunity  early 
in  life.  Here  his  rise  was  rapid  and  here  it  was  that  he  achieved  a  fame  for  himself  and  his  newspapers 
that  extended  far  beyond  the  confines  of  Illinois — a  fame  that  will  endure  for  long  years  to  come. 

He  changed  Peoria  journalism  from  provincial  to  metropolitan,  he  changed  Peoria  from  a  morning  to 
an  evening  newspaper  town — he  moulded  and  wrought — his  writings  forceful  and  to  the  point  gave  his 
publications  a  stand  and  an  influence   Peoria  newspapers  never  before  had  enjoyed. 

Well  read,  witty,  quick  at  repartee,  a  wonderful  conversationalist,  open  hearted,  of  generous  impulses, 
he  enjoyed  his  work  as  an  editor,  enjoyed  life  in  the  open,  attracted  and  held  lasting  friendships  in  every 
walk  in  life.  Always  an  optimist  he  had  as  great  faith  in  the  future  of  Peoria  as  he  had  in  the  success  of 
his  newspapers,  and  much  of  the  city's  progress  is  due  to  his  untiring  efforts  in  its  behalf. 

Few  men  enjoyed  a  wider  acquaintance  or  were  held  in  higher  esteem  than  Mr.   Baldwin. 

Mr.  Baldwin  died  November  19,  1914,  at  the  age  of  seventy-four  years.  Nearly  forty  years  of  that 
life  had  been  devoted  to  the  publication  of  newspapers.  For  nearly  fifty  years  Mr.  Baldwin  had  been  a 
picturesque  and   notable  figure  in   the  city  of   his  adoption.     He  was  born  in  Connecticut  and  came  to  Illinois 

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M.  M.  BAKER 

Murray  Morrison  Baker,  vice-president  and  manager  of  Caterpillar  Tractor  Company  of  Peoria,  Illi- 
nois, was  born  in  Alton,  Illinois,  May  4,  1872.  His  parents  were  Judge  Henry  S.  Baker  and  Mary  F. 
Adams  Baker.     He  received  his  schooling  at  Alton,  Illinois. 

After  completing  his  school  work,  Mr.  Baker  entered  active  business  life  and  became  interested  in  the 
distribution  and  sale  of  harvesting,  threshing  and  other  heavy  farm  machinery.  He  accepted  a  position  with 
the  Aultman  Company  of  Canton,  Ohio,  and  for  several  years  was  located  in  Chicago.  With  others,  he 
organized  a  corporation  which  for  several  years  operated  as  general  agents  for  the  Aultman  Company,  which 
was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  engines  and  threshers. 

In  1900  Mr.  Baker  established  a  branch  of  his  company  at  Peoria  and  also  organized  the  Illinois  Ware- 
house Company.  In  1904  he  severed  his  connections  with  the  Chicago  and  Canton  firms  and  organized  the 
firm  of  M.  M.  Baker  &  Company,  a  corporation  engaged  in  the  wholesale  farm  machinery  and  machine 
supply  business.  In  1909  Mr.  Baker  arranged  for  the  purchase  of  the  Colean  Manufacturing  Company 
plant  by  the  Holt  Caterpillar  Company,  a  subsidiary  of  The  Holt  Manufacturing  Company  of  California. 
Shortly  thereafter,  he  disposed  of  his  other  business  interests  and  devoted  his  entire  time  to  the  Holt  Cater- 
pillar Company,  of  which  he  was  vice-president  and  director.  In  1913  the  Holt  Caterpillar  Company  was 
merged  with  The  Holt  Manufacturing  Company  and  in  the  consolidated  corporation,  Mr.  Baker  became 
director,  vice-president  and  manager  of  the   Peoria  plant. 

The  Holt  Manufacturing  Company,  builders  of  "Caterpillar"  Tractors,  expanded  its  business  to  large 
proportions,  these  tractors  coming  into  extensive  use  for  farming  and  industrial  purposes  all  over  the  world. 
They  were  used  in  larse  numbers  during  the  entire  period  of   the  World  War  for  military  transportation, 

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Nicholson 

EMMET  C.    MAY 

While  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Peoria  twenty  years  ago,  Emmet  C.  May  became  interested 
in  life  insurance.  This  interest  developed  and  the  young  lawyer  had  visions  of  a  Peoria  life  insurance 
company — a  company  started  and  developed  in  a  rich  agricultural  district,  with  investments  in  Central 
Illinois    farm    land    and,    possibly,    an    institution    which   might   eventually   have   its  own  office   building. 

The  dreams  of  the  lawyer  came  true  and  Emmet  C.  May  organized  the  Peoria  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany, served  as  its  vice-president  for  five  years,  then  became  its  president  and  while  president  saw  the 
strong,  young,  substantial  company  erect  Peoria's  greatest  office  building,  a  building  which  is  the  pride 
not   only   of  the    Peoria   Life    Insurance   Company   and    its   policyholders   but   of   all   the   people   of    Peoria. 

Emmet  C.  Mav  was  born  at  Salyersville,  Kentucky,  October  5,  1875.  His  father  was  Dr.  William  A. 
May,  one  of  the  leaders  of  that  community,  and  his  mother  was,  prior  to  her  marriage,  Fannie  E.  Hol- 
derby.  It  was  in  Salyersville  that  Emmet  May  spent  his  boyhood  and  young  manhood.  There  he  at- 
tended grade  school  and  high  school.  Determined  upon  a  career  as  a  lawyer  he  enrolled  as  a  student 
of  Northern  Indiana  University,  at  Valparaiso,  Indiana,  where  he  took  the  arts  and  science  course  and 
supplemented    this   course   with    a    thorough    course    in    law.     He   graduated    in    both    these    courses. 

Following  his  law  graduation,  he  moved  to  Peoria  and  practiced  law  from  September  1,  1897,  to 
March,    1908,    in    partnership    with    J.    B.    Wolfenbarger,   the   firm   name   being   Wolfenbarger   and    May. 

It  was  while  in  this  law  firm  that  the  Peoria  Life  Insurance  Company  was  conceived  and  the  new- 
company  was  organized  in  1908.  Since  that  time,  Mr.  May  has  devoted  all  his  time  to  his  company  and 
has  not  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  except  in  relation  to  his  insurance  business. 

The    new    company    grew    steadily,    largely    through    the  personal   and   continuous   hard   work  of    Mr. 

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WALTER  BARKER 

Walter  Barker  was  born  in  the  City  of  Peoria,  Illinois,  on  January  8,  1848,  and  died  Decem- 
ber 28,  19 14.  He  was  the  only  son  of  the  late  Gardner  T.  Barker,  one  of  Peoria's  pioneers  and 
for  many  years  a  power  in  her  business  life.  The  elder  Barker  came  of  fine  old  New  York  stock 
and  coming  to  Peoria  while  it  was  yet  a  little  river  town,  rapidly  rose  to  a  leading  position 
among  the  business  men  of  Illinois.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  enormous  distilling  busi- 
ness which  made  Peoria  the  greatest  distilling  center  of  the  world,  and  in  many  ways  left  his  in- 
delible impress  on  the  life  of  the  time. 

From  him  the  son,  Walter,  inherited  the  financial  genius  which  was  later  to  raise  him  to  even 
higher  position   than   that   achieved   by  his   father. 

Walter  Barker  was  married  November  10,  1875,  at  Peoria,  Illinois,  to  Mary  A.  Fuller,  whose 
charming  personality,  charitable  inclinations,  far-seeing,  level-headed  business  ideas  lent  great  help 
to  her  husband  in  his  manifold  business  and  philanthrophic  activities  and  who  still  survives  her  hus- 
band, devoting  both  her  fortune  and  her  life  in  philanthrophic  and  charitable  work,  carrying  out  to 
the  fullest  extent  by  endowment  of  the  institutions  which  in  later  life  her  husband  had  either 
founded  or  encouraged  and  but  recently  in  1921,  Mary  A.  Barker,  his  widow,  in  furtherance  of 
her  deceased  husband's  wishes  and  desires,  expended  $300,000.00  in  the  construction  and  furnishing 
of  an  addition  to  the  Home  for  the  Friendless,  a  charitable  institution,  which  Mrs.  Barker  has 
mothered,  for  poor  and  needy  children,  and  established  and  endowed  the  "Walter  Barker  Me- 
morial"  to  the   "Home  for  the   Friendless''  in   memory  of  her  deceased  husband. 

On  the  death  of  Gardner  T.  Barker  in  1894,  Walter  Barker  succeeded  to  all  of  his  business 
interests,  carrying  on  the  enterprises  his  father  had  founded  with  such  superb  initiative,  courage 
and  skill  as  to  vastly  increase  their  value. 

In  all  that  pertained  to  business  Walter  Barker  was  keen,  astute,  far-seeing  and  brilliantly 
resourceful.  There  was  not  a  single  grain  of  hypocrisy  in  his  nature.  He  scorned  anything  dis- 
ingenuous and  underhanded  but  played  the  game  of  life  with  a  bold,  fearless  honesty  which  won 
the  respect  of  his  antagonist  as  well  as  his  own  adherents.  He  joyed  in  the  fight  for  its  sake.  Strik- 
ing straight  from  the  shoulder  and  always  evincing  a  manly  sportsmanlike  willingness  to  stand  up 
against  the  blows  of  those  pitted  against  him.  Beneath  a  bluff,  almost  brusque,  exterior  he  concealed 
a  heart  remarkably  true  and  tender.  He  was  one  of  the  most  loyal  and  affectionate  of  friends. 
And  it  was  known  to  those  nearest  to  him  that  he  helped  more  young  men  to  establish  their  fortunes 
on  a  firm  basis  than  any  other  man  in  Peoria.  No  more  simple  unostentatious  nature  than  his 
ever  dwelt  side  by  side  with  genius.  Anything  like  display  or  ostentatiousness  was  particularly  ab- 
horrent to  him  and  the  thousands  he  expended  yearly  in  helping  the  poor  and  needy,  the  sick  and 
helpless,  were  given  so  secretly  that  the  great  extent  of  his  benefactions  could  hardly  be  guessed 
even  by  his  closest  friends  and  business  associates.  His  business  genius  marked  with  success  every 
mercantile,  manufacturing  or  banking  interest  with  which  he  was  connected.  Not  one  met  with 
failure  and  amongst  which  might  be  mentioned  was  his  presidency  for  many  years  operating  the 
Central  Railway  Streetcar  System  in  the  City  of  Peoria,  the  presidency  and  chief  owner  of  the 
Barker  distillery  of  Peoria,  as  director  and  officer  of  the  Allaire-Woodward  Company,  of  Peoria,  as 
president  and  chief  owner  of  the  Barker- Wheeler  Wholesale  Drug  Company,  as  officer  of  the  James 
A.  McCoy  Wholesale  Grocery  Company,  the  Clark-Smith  Wholesale  Hardware  Company,  Peoria 
Drill  and  Seeder  Company  and  many  other  of  the  larger  mercantile  and  manufacturing  industries 
of  Peoria. 

Upon  the  death  of  his  father,  the  mantle  of  the  presidency  of  the  Commercial  National  Bank 
of  Peoria,  Illinois,  fell  upon  the  son  and  it  was  through  his  efforts  that  a  merger  of  banking  in- 
terests was  affected  which  gave  to  Peoria  the  Commercial  National  Bank,  now  one  of  the  most 
solid  financial  institutions  in  the  State.  Walter  Barker  retained  the  office  of  president  of  this 
institution  until  his  death.  He  was  always  a  conspicuous  and  honorable  figure  on  the  stage  of 
business  and  philanthropic  activities  and  over  the  record  of  his  extensive  business  career  there  fell 
no  shadow  of  wrong  or  suspicion  of  evil  for  he  held  to  the  highest  business  standards  and 
neither  fear  nor  favor  could  swerve  him  from  a  course  which  he  believed  to  be  right.  In 
addition  to  the  various  business  interests  mentioned,  Mr.  Barker  held  many  other  honorable 
offices.  He  was  for  many  years  treasurer  of  the  Board  of  Trade  and  a  member  of  that 
body  since  1883.  He  was  a  director  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  Association  and  for  many 
years  treasurer  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club  and  he  was  also  a  charter  member  of  the  Peoria  Coun- 
try Club,  taking  the  most  prominent  and  active  parts  in  all  of  the  various  manufacturing,  mer- 
cantile, financial,  philanthropic  and  social  enterprises  that  marked  the  development  of  the  City  of 
Peoria.  At  his  death,  he  left  surviving  him  his  widow,  Mary  A.  Barker,  and  his  son,  Jesse  Barker, 
now  deceased. 


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Walter  Barker 


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THEODORE  KUHL 

From  errand  boy  in  the  Schipper  &  Block  store  at  Pekin,  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  to  president 
and  director  of  Block  &  Kuhl  Company,  in  Peoria,  is  the  remarkable  achievement  of  Theodore  Kuhl.  His 
rapid  rise  in  the  business  world,  from  the  humble  station  of  office  boy,  to  the  head  of  a  mercantile 
business  which  is  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  any  city  of  one  hundred  thousand  population  in  the  United 
States,    is   a   modern   business    romance   which    has    few  equals. 

Mr.  Kuhl  was  born  in  Beardstown,  Illinois,  September  17,  1859,  the  son  of  John  George  Kuhl  and 
Mary  Elizabeth  Carls  Kuhl.  He  received  his  earliest  schooling  in  Beardstown  and  later  attended  school 
in  Normal  and  Pekin.  His  first  business  venture  was  as  a  newsboy  in  Pekin  at  the  age  of  twelve.  Later 
he  worked  in  a  grocery  store  and  at  the  age  of  sixteen  began  as  an  errand  boy  in  the  Schipper  &  Block 
store    in    Pekin. 

Three  years  later,  he  went  with  Frederick  L.  Block  to  Peoria  to  open  the  Schipper  &  Block  store  in 
that  city.  When  twenty-four  years  of  age,  he  was  given  a  working  interest  in  the  store  in  return  for 
meritorious  work  and  at  twenty-eight,  he  was  received  into  the  firm  as  a  partner.  At  thirty,  he  was 
elected  secretary  and  treasurer  and  in  1907,  was  elected  vice-president.  During  the  latter  part  of  1913, 
the  firm  name  was  changed  to  Block  &  Kuhl  Company.  Mr.  Kuhl  is  now  president  of  the  company  and 
is  also  president  of  the  Schipper  &  Block  Realty  Company,  which  owns  most  of  the  buildings  occupied 
by  the  store. 

Mr.  Kuhl  has  been  largely  responsible  for  the  remarkable  growth  and  achievements  of  Block  & 
Kuhl  Company.  For  years  he  worked  day  and  night  in  order  that  the  new  store  get  a  good  start.  And 
if  he   showed   ability  to   work   he   also   showed   unusual  ability  as  an  executive  and  he  was  always  anxious 

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VICTOR   V.  BOATNER 

Perhaps  no  Peorian  occupies  a  more  prominent  niche  in  business  and  commercial  affairs  of  Peoria 
than  Victor  Vincent  Boatner,  president  of  the  Peoria  and  Pekin  Railroad,  and  one  of  the  city's  best 
known  men   in  a   fraternal   and   social   way. 

Mr.  Boatner,  whose  activities  have  been  designated  as  one  of  the  main  reasons  for  the  growth  and 
Peoria's  reputation  as  a  traffic  and  transportation  center  in  recent  years,  was  born  in  Bethlehem,  Missis- 
sippi,   May   6,    1881,    the    son    of    Franklin    Pierce    and   Alary  Wills  Boatner. 

He  began  the  pursuit  of  knowledge  in  tbe  public  schools  of  his  home  town.  In  1900,  he  matricu- 
lated at  the  Mississippi  College.  Clinton,  Mississippi,  attending  for  one  year,  then  he  entered  the  Bowling 
Green    Business    University. 

After  leaving  school,  the  railroad  business,  with  its  many  opportunities  drew  and  held  his  attention 
and  he  resolved  to  make  it  his  chosen  vocation.  His  first  position  was  with  the  Illinois  Central  Sys- 
tem at  Greenville,  Mississippi,  where  he  began  his  career  in  August,  1001,  serving  as  stenographer  and  clerk. 

From  this  point  on  Mr.  Boatner's  career  of  successes,  promotions  and  subsequent  elevation  to  his 
present  high  position,  speaks  better  than  words  of  persistent  endeavor,  business  talents  and  a  world  of 
executive  ability.  He  worked  steadily  with  the  Illinois  Central  System,  ultimately  receiving  the  post 
of  superintendent  and  in  June,  ig2i,  he  was  elected  president  of  the  Peoria  and  Pekin  Railroad  Com- 
pany, with  offices  in  Peoria,  where  he  makes  his  home  and  where  he  has  won  widespread  recognition  as 
an  executive   of   unusual   ability;   and   a   place   of  prominence  in   society  circles  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Boatner  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  and  the  Peoria  Country  Clubs,  a  member  of  the  Elks 
and   the   Masons   being   a   thirty-second   degree   and   a   Shriner. 

His  business  offices  are  located  in  the  Union  Station.  Peoria's  largest  railroad  terminal,  and  he  resides 
at  the  Jefferson  Hotel. 


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THOMAS  G.  LOVELACE 

Thomas  G.  Lovelace,  financier  and  vice-president  of  the  Corning  Distilling  Company,  was 
born  in  Marion,  Alabama,  December  22,  1880.  His  parents  were  Charles  W.  Lovelace  and  Es- 
telle  Thomas  Lovelace. 

He  attended  the  grade  schools  and  high  school  in  his  native  city  and  after  graduating  from 
the  high  school,  went  to  Birmingham,  Alabama,  where  he  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  for 
four  years.  He  then  removed  to  Bloomington,  Illinois,  where  he  was  with  the  Milner  Hardware 
Company.  In  1902,  he  came  to  Peoria  with  the  Clark-Smith  Hardware  Company,  and  was  with 
that  firm  until  1907,  when  he  went  with  the  Corning  Distilling  Company  as  assistant  secretary. 
He  was  elected  vice-president  of  that  company  in   1920. 

Mr.  Lovelace  has  various  business  interests  in  Peoria  and  is  financially  interested  in  a  number 
of  business  and  industrial  companies.      He  is  a  director  of  the  W.  G.  Causey  Company. 

On  November  14,  1907,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Gladys  Corning.  Few  Peorians 
have  contributed  more  generously  and  willingly  to  philanthropies  than  have  the  Lovelaces. 

Mr.  Lovelace's  hobby  is  operating  power  boats.  Various  children's  organizations  and  welfare 
groups  have  been  given  rare  river  trips  on  board  his  various  launches  or  other  craft. 

Mr.  Lovelace  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Country  Club,  Automobile  Club,  Il- 
linois Valley  Yacht  and  Canoe  Club,  and  he  is  a  Knight  Templar,  32nd  degree  Mason  and 
Shriner. 

The  Lovelace  home,  one  of  the  most  charming  in  the  city,  is  at  701  Moss  Avenue.  Mr. 
Lovelace's  business  address  is  at  the   foot  of  Western   Street. 


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Pyke 

WALTER  TEIS   SMITH 

A  record  of  enviable  business  successes  is  that  of  Walter  Teis  Smith,  general  manager  of  the  firm 
of    Clarke    and    Company,    leading    Peoria    mercantile  concern. 

Mr.  Smith  was  born  in  Pekin,  Illinois,  September  27,  1864,  the  son  of  D.  C.  and  Caroline  Pieper 
Smith.  He  started  the  pursuit  of  knowledge  in  the  Cathedral  Grammar  School  of  Pekin,  attended  high 
school  there,  and  later  enrolled  at  Iowa  Wesleyan  University,  at  Mount  Pleasant,  Iowa.  The  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan  attracted  him  and  he  matriculated  to  Ann  Arbor,  receiving  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts  in  1887. 

Visions  of  a  career  before  the  bar  then  took  his  fancy  and  lie  moved  to  New  York  City,  studying 
at  Columbia  University.  He  subsequently  was  graduated  with  an  LL.B.  degree  with  the  class  of  1888. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  Minnesota  Bar  in  1888,  and  to  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  of  Minnesota 
in  the  same  year. 

After  leaving  college  he  started  the  practice  of  his  vocation  at  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  remaining  here 
for  two  years,  and  leaving  to  accept  the  responsible  position  of  secretary  of  the  T.  and  H.  Smith  Com- 
pany, wagon  manufacturers,  of  Pekin,  Illinois.  He  was  later  moved  up  to  general  manager  of  the 
company. 

It  was  some  time  after  his  connection  in  Pekin  that  he  moved  north  again,  accepting  a  promotion 
in  the  position  of  treasurer  of  the  Hennepin  Lumber  Company  of  Minneapolis,  Minnesota.  He  served 
capably  here  for  a  time  and  was  recalled  to  Illinois  and  Peoria  to  serve  as  secretary-treasurer  and  later 
general    manager    of    the    Clarke    and    Company    store  in  this  city. 

While    in    Peoria,   Mr.    Smith   has   been   associated    with    other    business    and    commercial    enterprises. 

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ROSS  STRAWN  WALLACE 

R.  S.  Wallace,  vice-president  and  general  manager  of  the  Central  Illinois  Light  Company,  has  been 
connected  with  the  company  and  its  predecessors  since  1900,  when  he  started  work  as  chief  engineer.  Under 
his  direction  this  company  has  developed  into  one  of  the  largest  public  utility  organizations  in  the  Mis- 
sissippi  Valley. 

Mr.  Wallace  was  born  in  Chatsworth,  Illinois,  December  9,  1869,  the  son  of  Robert  Ross  Wallace  and 
Louise  Strawn  Wallace.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Pontiac,  Illinois,  High  School,  having  gone  with  the 
family  to  that  city  from  Chatsworth.  Following  his  high  school  graduation  he  attended  the  University 
of   Illinois   where   he   was   graduated    in   the   engineering  course. 

From  1891  to  1893,  Mr.  Wallace  was  draftsman  and  engineer  for  the  Sioux  City  Engine  Works  of 
Sioux  City,  Iowa.  Erom  1893  to  1897,  he  was  engineer  with  Ide  and  Company  at  Chicago,  Illinois. 
For  the  next  three  years,  he  was  chief  engineer  at  the  Illinois  State  Reformatory  at  Pontiac,  Illinois. 
Since  1900,  he  has  been  with  the  Central  Illinois  Light  Company  or  its  predecessors,  having  started  with 
that  company  as  chief  engineer. 

Combining  exceptional  executive  ability  with  a  thorough  knowledge  of  mechanical  and  electrical 
engineering,  Mr.  Wallace  has  been  responsible  for  much  of  the  success  of  that  company.  His  company 
has  steadily  enlarged,  improved  its  equipment  and  service,  extended  the  territory  which  it  serves,  until  it 
has   now    developed    into   one   of   the    large    public   service  organizations  of  the  district. 

Mr.  Wallace  is  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers  and  the  American  In- 
stitute of  Electrical  Engineers.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Bradley  Polytechnic  In- 
stitute  of   Peoria.     He   holds   membership   also   in   the    Creve    Coeur    Club,    Country    Club    of    Peoria,    of 

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RAY   CROZIER 

Ray  Crozier,  vice-president  of  the  Peoria  Water  Works  Company  and  one  of  the  recognized  au- 
thorities on  hydraulics  in  the  United  States,  started  his  connection  with  this  Peoria  company  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1910,  when  he  came  from  Ithaca,  New  York,  as  assistant  engineer.  Later  he  was  advanced  to 
the  position  of  engineer  and  at  the  present  time  he  is  engineer,  superintendent  and  vice-president  of 
that    company. 

Prior  to  coming  to  Peoria,  Mr.  Crozier  had  held  other  responsible  positions  as  an  engineer.  He 
had  practiced  civil  engineering  in  Ithaca,  New  York,  from  1903  to  1905  and  from  1905  to  1909,  was 
assistant    engineer,    engineer    and    superintendent,    successively,    of    the    Ithaca    Water    Works. 

Mr.  Crozier  was  born  in  Ithaca,  New  York,  May  7,  1881,  the  son  of  Richard  Armstrong  Crozier  and 
Elizabeth  Mawson  Crozier.  He  attended  the  Ithaca  public  schools  from  1888  to  1898,  graduating  from 
the  high  school.  He  then  attended  Cornell  University,  college  of  civil  engineering,  from  1898  to  1903. 
specializing    in    hydraulics.     Since    1903,    he    has    been  practicing  his  profession. 

On  March  12,  1910,  Mr.  Crozier  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Clara  Addie  Tichenor  of 
Peoria. 

Mr.  Crozier  is  a  member  of  the  American  Water  Works  Association  and  of  the  Illinois  Society  of 
Engineers.  He  has  served  as  engineer  for  the  village  of  Averyville  during  a  large  part  of  his  residence 
in  Peoria.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Temple  Lodge  No.  46,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Country  Club, 
Automobile   Club  and   Optimist   Club.     He   has   always  been  active  in  civic  affairs. 

He  has  his  office  at   105  North  Monroe  Street  and  his  residence  at  615   Spring  Street. 


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JAMES   B.  DOOLEY 

The  biography  of  James  B.  Dooley  reads  like  a  romance.  Circumstances  compelled  him  to  start  work 
in  the  mines  when  he  was  ten  years  old.  He  served  first  as  a  trap  boy.  Later  he  did  everything  that 
was  to  be  done  by  a  miner,  graduating  from  one  position  to  another  until  he  had  become  a  mine  superin- 
tendent before  he  was  thirty  years  old.  He  is  now  president  of  Dooley  Brothers,  one  of  the  largest 
coal    companies    in    the    State    and    one    of    the    largest  dealers  in  coal  mining  machinery  and  supplies. 

James  B.  Dooley  was  born  in  Pictou.  Canada,  June  21,  1854.  His  parents  were  Edward  and  Johanna 
Bradshaw  Dooley.  He  attended  the  public  schools  in  Canada,  working  after  school  at  odd  jobs  and 
spending  his  summers  in  the  mines.  At  the  age  of  ten,  he  was  compelled  to  quit  school  in  order  to  sup- 
port the  family  and  secured  a  job  at  the  mine  as  trap  boy.  The  family  moved  to  Lonaconig,  Maryland, 
when  young  James  continued  to  work  as  a  miner.  In  1877,  he  moved  to  Missouri,  working  there  for  a 
short  time,  and  in  1881,  he  came  to  Peoria  where  he  has  lived  ever  since.  By  the  time  he  came  to 
Peoria  he  had  demonstrated  his  ability  not  only  as  a  miner  but  as  a  mine  superintendent  and  he  had 
learned    the    coal    business    from    the    production    end. 

Mr.  Dooley  joined  the  police  force  after  he  had  been  in  Peoria  for  a  time  and  when  Mayor  Kinsey 
was  head  of  the  city  government.  Later  he  was  appointed  to  have  charge  of  the  free  bridge,  being  the 
first  man  named  to  that  post.  He  remained  in  this  bridge  work  until  1890  when  he  organized  Dooley 
Brothers.  When  this  company  was  incorporated  in  1908  he  was  made  president  and  he  has  remained 
president  ever  since. 

Under  his  direction  the  firm  of  Dooley  Brothers  has  made  great  strides  in  the  business  world,  be- 
ing   recognized    now    as    one    of    the    outstanding    institutions    of    its    kind    in    the    district.     Mr.    Dooley's 

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ARTHUR  JAMES  HARTLEY 
(President   of   the   Hart  Grain    Weigher   Company) 

Arthur  James  Hartley,  one  of  the  best  known  and  progressive  young  business  men  of  Peoria,  was 
born    August    12,    1873,   at   Quincy,    Illinois,   to   Charles  James  and   Eunice   Spencer   Hartley. 

At  an  early  age,  he  moved  with  his  parents  to  Decatur,  Illinois,  where  he  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic  and   high    schools. 

During  his  school  vacations,  he  worked  in  the  plant  of  Warren  and  Durfee  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, the  first  builders  of  grain  weighers.  He  held  various  positions  gradually  working  into  the  ex- 
periental  department  for  which  he  traveled  extensively  as  an  expert.  His  first  permanent  position,  after 
having  finished  school,  was  with  Warren  and  Durfee  Manufacturing  Company  as  foreman  of  the  ma- 
cine   shop   and    later   superintendent   of   the  plant. 

In  1896,  he  entered  into  partnership  with  his  father,  taking  over  the  business  of  the  Warren  and 
Durfee  Manufacturing  Company  under  the  name  of  the  C.  J.  Hartley  Company.  This  new  company 
manufactured  grain  weighers  and  pumps  until  191 3  when  the  C.  J.  Hartley  Company  was  consolidated 
with  Hart  Grain  Weigher  Company  of  Peoria,  Illinois,  to  which  place  the  grain  weigher  department 
was  moved,  but  the  C.  J.  Hartley  Company  continued  to  manufacture  pumps  at  their  Decatur,  Illinois, 
plant.  At  the  time  of  consolidation,  Mr.  Hartley  was  made  vice-president  of  the  new  company — the  Hart 
Grain  Weigher  Company.  In  1918,  the  pump  department  was  moved  to  Peoria  and  consolidated  with  the 
Hart  Grain  Weigher  Company's  plant  and  continued  the  manufacture  of  Hartley  pumps,  which  C.  J. 
Hartley  Company  market. 

Mr.    Hartley   is   now   president   of   the    Hart   Grain  Weigher  Company  and  the  C.  J.  Hartley  Company. 

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HARRY  B.  PINKERTON 

A  career  of  business  successes  in  many  and  widely  varied  lines  of  business  is  tbat  of  Harry  B. 
Pinkerton,  president  of  the  Pinkerton  Motor  Company,  among  the  city's  prominent  commercial  firms ; 
and  well  known  banker  and  clubman. 

Mr.  Pinkerton's  career  began  in  Hanna  City,  Illinois,  December  30,  1870.  His  parents,  Samuel  W. 
and  Eliza  Mclntire  Pinkerton  encouraged  his  ambitions  for  fame  in  the  world  of  commerce,  but  after 
leaving  the  public  school  of  his  home  city,  he  was  forced  to  work  on  a  farm  nearby;  remaining  here 
some   five   years. 

It  was  shortly  afterward  that  Mr.  Pinkerton  got  his  first  chance  at  business  undertakings  in  the 
shape  of  a  venture  in  the  general  merchandise  line.  He  met  with  success  here,  and  encouraged  later 
turned  his  energies  to  the  banking  business  where  his  ability  as  a  business  executive  soon  again  made 
itself  known.  During  the  past  fourteen  years  in  which  he  has  been  engaged  in  this  line,  he  has  held  many 
responsible  positions  in  banking  institutions,  and  is  at  present  president  of  the  Hanna  City  State  Bank 
at  Hanna  City,   Illinois. 

It  was  about  this  time  that  Mr.  Pinkerton  found  his  way  into  the  automobile  business,  which  forms 
his  chief  interest  at  present  and  which  had  made  him  well  known  throughout  the  state  and  middle  west 
in  a  commercial  way.  Mr.  Pinkerton  has  operated  the  Pinkerton  Motor  Company  in  Peoria  for  sev- 
eral years,  and  has  watched  his  company  grow  rapidly  till  it  now  occupies  a  leading  position  among 
like  enterprises  of  the  city.  This  has  been  due  to  two  things,  energy  and  ambition — and  both  are  Mr. 
Pinkerton's. 

Mr.   Pinkerton   has   also  become  widely  known   among  automobile   men   abroad,  having  held   the   office 

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MILO   E.    REEVE 

A  name  revered  greatly  among  Peoria  powers  in  the  world  of  commerce,  is  that  of  Milo  E.  Reeve, 
president  of  The  James  McCoy  Company,  wholesale  grocery  house  well-known  throughout  the  Mid- 
west. 

It  was  March  2j,  1868,  that  Mr.  Reeve  first  saw  the  light  of  day  in  the  township  of  Stockholm, 
New  York,  the  son  of  Samuel  Milton  and  Harriett  Bisbee  Reeve.  A  healthy  outdoor  life  on  his  father's  farm 
was  his  lot  for  a  time ;  and  he  attended  the  district  school  near  the  home  and  later  Lawrenceville  Acad- 
emy, at  Lawrenceville,  New  York. 

After  finishing  his  primary  education,  Mr.  Reeve  taught  school  for  a  period  of  years,  gaining  valua- 
ble experience;  which  added  to  his  natural  abilities  in  the  business  line,  was  to  figure  greatly  in  his 
subsequent  chosen  field  of  endeavor.  He  moved  west  and  to  Lafayette,  Illinois,  where  he  received 
his  first  job  in  a  business  way,  clerking  in  a  general  store  for  small  remuneration  and  with  long 
working  hours.  By  dint  of  honest  effort  he  finally  became  a  partner  in  the  firm,  but  sold  his  in- 
terest, some  seven  years  later,  and  bought  out  a  department  store  at  Toulon.  Illinois.  He  worked  steadily 
to  build  up  his  business  here  for  seven  years,  when  he  was  offered  a  chance  to  purchase  an  interest  in 
The  James  McCoy  Company,  of  Peoria,  which  he  accepted.  From  here  on  the  story  of  his  progress  is 
written  in  the  two  terms  that  have  figured   in   the  successes    of    all    prominent    men — ability    and    industry. 

But  interests  in  the  commercial  world  form  only  a  part  of  the  varied  activities  of  this  interesting 
man.  In  almost  every  civic  and  charitable  movement  in  Peoria  Mr.  Reeve  has  taken  an  active,  if 
not  leading  part.  He  is  at  present  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Peoria  Y.  M.  C.  A.; 
has  served  for  seven  years  as  director  and  nine  years  as  president  of  the  Associated  Charities  of  the  city; 

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HAROLD  SCHRADZKI 

Harold  Schradzki,  one  of  the  most  prominent  of  the  younger  lawyers  of  Central  Illinois,  was  born 
in  New  York  City,  New  York,  September  17,  1892,  the  son  of  Michael  and  Charlotte  Norden  Schradzki. 

Coming  to  Peoria  in  his  youth,  he  attended  the  public  schools,  graduating  from  the  White  school  in 
1906.  He  matriculated  in  the  Peoria  High  School,  graduating  in  1910.  Following  his  high  school  grad- 
uation, he  attended  the  University  of  Michigan  for  two  years,  taking  the  literary  course.  Then  he 
attended   the    University   of    Michigan    Law    School    from  which  he  graduated  in   191 5. 

Returning  to  Peoria,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  began  to  practice  law.  His  reputation  as  a 
thorough  student  of  the  law,  together  with  extraordinary  ability  as  a  speaker,  brought  him  a  good  prac- 
tice almost  from  the  first. 

His  law  practice,  however,  was  terminated  temporarily  when  the  LTnited  States  entered  the  World 
War.  Attorney  Schradzki  enlisted  May  30,  191 7.  He  served  as  machine  gun  instructor  in  the  33rd 
Division    School    of    Arms.     In    1918,    he    was    with   the  Machine  Gun   Officers'  Training   Camp. 

After  the  war,  Attorney  Schradzki  returned  to  Peoria  and  resumed  his  law  practice,  quickly  gaining 
back  a  large  practice   in  which  he  has  been  uniformly   successful. 

The  young  attorney  has  been  called  upon  many  times  to  deliver  orations  and  addresses  at  patriotic 
celebrations  and  other  public  meetings.  He  is  particularly  prominent  in  the  American  Legion  which  lie 
has  served  in  various  capacities  and  has  participated  in  both  the  state  and  national  encampments  of  the 
legion. 

Attorney  Schradzki  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  University  Club,  various  Masonic  bod- 
ies   including   the    Shrine,    Association    of    Commerce,   Sigma  Delta   Chi  journalistic   fraternity,   Automobile 

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rage  Ttvo  Hundred  and  Six 


I — Clarence  liyster,  Circulation  Manager  and  Chairman  of  the  Hoard  of  Managers.  2 — Mrs.  Fannie  G. 
Baldwin.  President  of  the  Peoria  Star  Company.  3 — 5".  A.  Oakley,  Editor-in-Chief.  4 — Roy  Newton,  Man- 
ager of  Collections.     5 — May  B.  Finney,  Secretary  and   Treasurer.     6 — Louis  Proehl,  Advertising  Manager. 

BOARD  OF  MANAGERS,  THE  PEORIA  EVENING  STAR 
Can  a  board  of  managers  successfully  conduct  a  daily  newspaper?  The  average  newspaper  executive 
will  answer  "No,"  but  the  history  of  the  Peoria  Star  since  early  in  January,  1920,  proves  the  contrary. 
The  most  successful  year  in  the  history  of  this  newspaper,  one  of  the  most  successful  dailies  of  its  size  and 
circulation  in  the  United  States,  was  its  first  year  under  the  management  of  five  employes  who  had  for 
years  been  associated  with  its  founder,  E.  F.  Baldwin,  and  later  with  its  manager,  Harry  M.  Powell. 
When  Mr.  Powell  passed  away  on  January  5,  1920,  it  became  necessary  to  decide  upon  the  future  manage- 
ment of  the  paper.  It  was  suggested  to  Mrs.  Fannie  G.  Baldwin,  the  owner,  that  she  choose  a  manager  to 
succeed  Mr.  Powell,  but  Mrs.  Baldwin  had  different  ideas.  She  decided  to  let  the  people  who  had  grown  up 
with  the  paper,  who  had  been  a  part  of  its  daily  existence  for  so  many  years,  have  a  chance  to  see  what 
they  could  do.  She  believed  that  the  spirit  of  co-operation,  which  had  always  been  one  of  the  strongest 
assets  of  the  paper,  would  solve  the  problem  of  its  future. 

Accordingly  she  called  a  meeting  of  a  few  of  the  employes  at  her  residence  and  outlined  her  plan  to 
them.  She  suggested  that  a  board  be  formed  and  that  the  paper  go  on  as  before.  Her  suggestion  was 
immediately  adopted.  The  five  members  suggested,  ultimately  chosen  as  members  of  the  board,  were  Clarence 
Eyster,  circulation  manager;  Louis  Proehl,  advertising  manager ;  Roy  Newton,  in  charge  of  collections ;  May 
B.  Finney,  treasurer  of  the  company,  and  S.  A.  Oakley,  editor.  The  members  then  unanimously  agreed 
upon  Mr.  Eyster  as  chairman  of  the  board  because  of  his  familiarity  with  many  of  the  details  of  the  busi- 
ness. From  that  day  to  this  this  board  has  had  the  sole  management  of  the  paper,  each  member  having 
charge  of  his  department. 

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Jacob  Wachenheimer 


JACOB  WACHENHEIMER 

The  name  of  Jacob  Wachenheimer  has  long  been 
prominently  associated  with  commercial  and  financial 
enterprises  of  note  in  Peoria.  Mr.  Wachenheimer 
is  president  of  the  Commercial  National  Bank,  the 
largest  banking  institution  in  Central  Illinois,  to 
which  he  devotes  his  entire  time  during  banking 
hours,  and  is  associated  with  many  business  under- 
takings in  his  home  city.  Few  men  enjoy  the  un- 
usually high  reputation  as  a  business  executive  that 
is  accorded  Mr.  Wachenheimer  by  friend  and  rival 
alike. 

Mr.  Wachenheimer  was  born  in  New  York  City, 
but  moved  to  the  West  and  to  Peoria  with  his 
parents,  at  an  early  age.  He  received  his  primary 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  this  city  and  after 
graduation  began  the  pursuit  of  knowledge  in  the 
world  of  commerce;  a  thing  that  had  held  his  chief 
interest  from  boyhood.  He  studied  at  a  Peoria  busi- 
ness college  for  a  time. 

It  was  some  time  afterward  that  Mr.  Wachen- 
heimer became  interested  in  the  general  insurance 
business,  and  still  later  he  accepted  a  position  as 
assistant  to  the  general  manager  of  the  Franklin 
Fire  Insurance  Company  of  Philadelphia.  He  served 
capably  and  with  success  in  the  Franklin  offices  for 
six  years ;  when  he  left  to  return  to  Peoria  and 
enter  into  nartnership  with  the  firm  of  Callendar 
Company,  in  the  general  insurance  business,  with 
which  firm  he  is  still  connected. 

He  has  risen  to  the  position  of  director  of  several 
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WILLIAM  HAZZARD 

The  Hazzard  family  has  been  prominent  in  Peoria 
since  1834  when  William  Hazzard's  forebears  came 
here  as  pioneers.  The  original  family  settlement  in 
America  was  probably  in  Rhode  Island  and  the  rec- 
ords show  that  members  lived  in  Lewes,  Delaware, 
in  1636. 

William  Hazzard  was  born  in  Peoria.  September 
25,  1869,  the  son  of  Joseph  Frye  Hazzard  and  Louisa 
Adelaide  Phenix.  He  attended  the  old  White  school 
from  1876  to  1884  and  graduated  from  Peoria  High 
School  in  1888.  During  the  year  following  his  grad- 
uation he  studied  law  with  Stevens,  Lee  &  Horton 
and  then,  in  i88q,  on  April  8,  became  messenger  boy 
for  the  Commercial  National  Bank,  the  bank  in  which 
he  is  now  cashier,  vice-president  and  director.  In 
1892  he  was  elevated  to  the  position  of  individual 
bookkeeper  and  in  1898  was  exchange  and  collection 
clerk.  Three  years  later  he  was  appointed  assistant 
cashier,  became  cashier  in  ion  and  vice-president 
in  1923. 

He  was  united  in  marriage.  February  22,  1894, 
with  Miss  Lona  R.  Evans  at  Peoria  and  has  three 
children  :  Lowell  Brestel,  Lucia  and  Martha  Eliza- 
beth. 

Mr.  Hazzard  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees 
of  the  Methodist  Hospital  of  Central  Illinois,  is  a 
member  of  the  Hale  Memorial  Methodist  Church 
of  which  he  was  treasurer  for  twenty-five  years,  a 
member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Peoria  Re- 
tail Merchants  Association  and  holds  membership 
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William  Hazzard 


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William   Marshall  Allen 


WILLIAM  MARSHALL  ALLEN 

For  many  years  William  M.  Allen,  founder  of  the 
firm  of  W.  M.  Allen,  Son  &  Company,  was  active 
in  the  civic,  business,  club  and  political  life  of 
Peoria.  His  death,  January  2,  1920,  removed  a  man 
of  high  personal  integrity,  extraordinary  influence 
and  successful  business  attainments.  Having  started 
life  as  a  poor  boy  in  Canada  he  climbed  the  hill  of 
success  on  his  own  power  and  was  recognized  as 
one  of   the  outstanding  men   of    Central   Illinois. 

Mr.  Allen  was  born  in  the  Province  of  Quebec, 
Canada,  October  27,  1854,  the  son  of  James  L.  and 
Elizabeth  Crombie  Allen.  He  attended  school  in 
Canada  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  came  to  Peoria 
where  he  learned  the  mason  trade.  He  was  asso- 
ciated with  his  brother,  John  S.  Allen,  in  the  con- 
tracting business  and  in  1904  founded  the  contracting 
business  known  as  W.  M.  Allen,  Son  &  Company. 
He  was  president  of  this  company  and  also  of  the 
Allen  Lumber  Company. 

W.  M.  Allen,  Son  &  Company  constructed  the 
first  large  commercial  structure  in  Peoria,  the 
Woolner  Building.  It  also  built  the  City  Hall, 
Shrine  Temple,  twenty-five  buildings  for  the  Peoria 
State   Hospital   and   many   other  large   buildings. 

Mr.  Allen  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Eliza- 
beth McMorine  of  Melbourne,  Quebec,  Canada,  and 
to  this  union  two  children  were  born :  Arthur  W. 
Allen  and  Ethel  Maud  Allen  (deceased).  His  wife 
was  killed  in  the  Cbats worth  wreck  in  1887.  Later 
in  life  he  married  Miss  Janet  McMorine,  a  sister 
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SENATOR  JOHN  DAILEY 
John  Dailey,  state  senator  and  one  of  the  out- 
standing leaders  in  the  Illinois  Senate,  was  born  in 
Peoria,  April  17,  1867,  the  son  of  John  and  Hannah 
Murphy  Dailey.  He  attended  the  Peoria  public 
schools,  graduating  from  the  Peoria  High  School 
in  1885.  Following  his  graduation  he  matriculated 
in  the  University  of  Michigan,  taking  a  partial  lit- 
erary course.  Upon  deciding  to  become  a  lawyer  he 
attended  the  law  school  of  the  University  of  Mich- 
igan and  graduated  in  i8go. 

Mr.  Dailey  served  as  assistant  city  attorney  of 
his  home  city,  Peoria,  in  1895,  winning  a  popularity 
and  a  reputation  as  a  lawyer  which  brought  him 
into  prominent  mention  as  a  candidate  for  state's  at- 
torney. He  made  the  race  for  slate's  attorney  and 
was  elected,  serving  from  1896  to  1900,  and  estab- 
lishing a  record  for  efficiency  and  successful  prosecu- 
tions. He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Illinois  house 
of  representatives  in  1904  for  the  two-year  period 
and  in  1908  was  elected  to  the  state  senate  where 
he  has  continued  to  serve  up  to  the  present  time, 
being  re-elected  each  four  years  without  much 
tn  mble. 

Senator  Dailey  has  served  as  administration  leader 
in  the  senate  and  through  his  extensive  knowledge 
of  law,  a  remarkable  personality,  wide  acquaintance 
and  political  ability  has  directed  as  much  legislation 
through  that  body  as  any  other  senator  in  years.  He 
served  as  chairman  of  the  Dailey  Commission,  In- 
surance Commission  and  Legislative  Public  Utilities 
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Senator  John   Dailey 


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Honorable  William  E.  Hull 


HONORABLE  WILLIAM  E.  HULL 
William  E.  Hull,  member  of  Congress  from  the 
Peoria  District,  and  well  known  for  his  leadership 
in  business  as  well  as  in  politics,  was  born  in  Lewis- 
town,  Illinois.  He  attended  the  Lewistown  High 
School,  also  Illinois   College  at  Jacksonville. 

Removing  to  Peoria  he  was  engaged  in  govern- 
ment work  and  later  entered  business.  Few  people 
have  contributed  more  to  the  material  prosperity 
of  Peoria  than  has  William  E.  Hull.  The  beautiful 
Jefferson  Hotel  is  a  monument  to  his  business  and 
executive  ability.  The  W.  E.  Hull  Building  at  Main 
and  Madison,  occupied  by  the  Palace  Theater  and 
various  business  places,  was  erected  several  years 
ago  and  is  considered  one  of  the  most  beautiful  struc- 
tures in  the  city.  Various  other  buildings  were 
erected  by  Mr.  Hull  and  scores  of  industries  which 
needed  financial  backing  and  executive  direction  re- 
ceived  support   from   him. 

Congressman  Hull's  interest  in  politics  began  in 
Lewistown.  In  fact  he  inherited  much  of  this  in- 
terest from  his  father,  William  Wesley  Hull,  who 
had  been  captain  of  Company  H,  Seventeenth  Illinois 
Volunteer  Infantry  during  the  Civil  War  and  who 
became  prominent  in  politics  after  he  returned  to 
Lewistown.  Congressman  Hull's  first  political  posi- 
tion was  as  assistant  postmaster  at  Lewistown.  He 
was  appointed  a  government  gauger  which  caused 
him  to  move  to  Peoria  in  1890.  He  was  appointed 
postmaster  of  Peoria  in  1898  by  President  McKinley 
and  was  reappointed  by  President  Roosevelt. 
(Continued  on  Page  247) 


HENRY   GEORGE  HERGET 

Possibly  no  one  man  is  better  known  in  Peoria 
and  the  whole  of  Central  Illinois  as  one  of  the  lead- 
ing manufacturers  of  this  section,  than  is  Henry 
George  Herget,  president  of  the  Pekin  Cooperage 
Company,  and  an  officer  or  director  of  many  busi- 
ness and  financial  enternrises  in  Illinois  and  else- 
where. 

Mr.  Herget  was  born  in  Pekin,  Illinois,  January 
28,  1862,  the  son  of  George  and  Caroline  Gainer 
Herget.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Pekin  and 
Elmhurst,  Illinois,  and  after  leaving  school  decided 
upon  a  business  career,  first  becoming  associated 
with  various  business  firms  in  Pekin,  his  home  city. 

In  1901  he  and  several  other  business  men  super- 
intended the  building  of  the  Pekin  Glucose  Plant,  the 
city's  largest  industry,  and  was  chosen  to  serve  as 
its  vice-president  and  general  manager,  which  posi- 
tion he  filled  capably  for  a  number  of  years. 

In  later  years  his  versatility  in  the  life  of  com- 
merce was  responsible  for  his  becoming  associated 
with  the  following  firms,  in  which  he  at  present  is 
a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  :  Pekin  Cooper- 
age Company,  Pekin  Wagon  Company,  Herget  Plan- 
tation Companv,  Turner-Hudnut  Company,  Citizens 
Telephone  Company,  Peoria  Malleable  Castings  Com- 
pany, C.  S.  Littell  and  Company,  Incorporated,  of 
New  York  City.  Mr.  Herget  is  also  vice-president 
of  the  Herget   National   Bank  in    Pekin,   Illinois. 

When  the  Nation  entered  the  World  War,  Mr. 
Herget  was  asked  to  serve  as  secretary  of  the  Board 
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Henry  George  Herget 


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Paul  E.  Herschel,  Sr. 


Nicholson 


PAUL  E.  HERSCHEL,  SR. 

One  of  the  best  known  figures  of  Peoria's  in- 
dustrial life  is  Paul  E.  Herschel,  Sr.,  vice-president 
and  general  manager  of  the  R.  Herschel  Manufactur- 
ing Company,  a  leading  business  firm  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Herschel  was  born  in  Germany,  July  22,  1866, 
the  son  of  H.  R.  and  Emelia  Schulrz  Herschel.  He- 
attended  public  and  night  school  there,  and  came  to 
America  and  Peoria  at  the  age  of  sixteen.  He 
married  Miss  Mary  K.  Juelg  in  Peoria,  April  22, 
1 891. 

Business  held  Mr.  Herschel's  main  interests  from 
early  youth  and  after  a  period  he  entered  into  the 
business  of  manufacturing  agricultural  implements 
and  supplies  in  this  city.  He  has  been  engaged  in 
this  pursuit  over  thirty-eight  years.  Few  men  can 
claim  a  more  detailed  knowledge  of  their  vocation 
than  Mr.  Herschel. 

But  Mr.  Herschel's  unusual  commercial  ability 
was  not  to  be  bounded  by  the  scope  of  one  business 
enterprise  alone.  Being  very  successful  in  the  de- 
velopment of  the  R.  Herscnel  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany he  became  prominently  associated  with  other 
business  and  financial  interests  in  Peoria  and  abroad, 
his  versatility  best  being  shown,  perhaps,  by  the 
names  of  the  firms  with  which  he  is  at  present  con- 
nected. 

He  is  a  director  of  the  Commercial  National  Bank, 

of  this   city ;    president   of   the    Southern    Implement 

Supply   Company,   Dallas,   Texas ;    a   director  of   the 

Maple    City    Stamping    Company,    of    this    city,    and 

(Continued  on  Page  247) 


WILLIAM   TRAVIS   IRWIN 

William  Travis  Irwin  was  born  June  1,  1856,  at 
Dayton,  Pennsylvania.  He  received  his  early  school- 
ing in  the  Dayton  schools  and  at  Dayton  Academy 
in  the  same  city.  Later  he  attended  Washington 
and  Jefferson  College  at  Washington,  Pennsylvania, 
graduating  in  1878. 

After  leaving,  college  Mr.  Irwin  read  law  with 
Judge  Alfred  Sample  of  Paxton.  Illinois,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  May.  1881.  He  moved  to 
Peoria  the  same  year  and  entered  the  law  office  of 
Judge  J.  W.  Cochran  who  was  retiring  from  the 
circuit  bench  of  the  Peoria  district.  He  remained 
with  Judge  Cochran  until  the  latter  moved  to  Fargo, 
South  Dakota,  and  then  practiced  alone.  Later  he 
entered  a  law  partnership  with  Judge  W.  I.  Slem- 
mons  and  remained  in  that  firm  until  his  partner 
was  elected  county  judge  in  1912.  He  then  was 
associated  with  William  Jack  until  the  hitter's  death 
and  since  then  has  been  in  partnership  witli  Mr. 
Jack's  sou.     He  was  city  attorney  from   1893  to   1897. 

Mr.  Irwin's  parents  were  Joseph  Thompson  and 
Mary  J.  Travis  Irwin.  He  was  united  in  marriage, 
June'  1,  1886,  with  Ida  M.  Woodruff  and  to  this 
union  was  born  one  son,  Joseph  Woodruff  Irwin,  who 
lives  at  Los  Angeles,  California.  His  second  wife  was 
Ida  Virginia  Ripley,  whom  he  married  July  28,  1904. 

Attorney  Irwin  was  a  director  of  the  Peoria  Rail- 
way and  Terminal  Company,  being  one  of  the  pro- 
moters of  that  company  and  serving  as  president  for 
fixe  years.  It  was  the  parent  company  of  the  Peoria 
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Martin 


William   Travis   Irwin 


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John  Winzeler 


JOHN  WINZELER 

John  Winzeler  was  born  in  Ohio,  November  21, 
1871,  the  son  of  Theodore  and  Lydia  Ott  Winzeler. 
The  father  died  when  John  was  four  years  of  age. 
The  mother,  with  five  children,  moved  to  Kansas 
where  the  struggle  against  great  odds  helped  to  bring 
out  the  native  strength  of  this  son.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  that  state  and  spent  some  time  as 
a  cowboy. 

Returning  to  Illinois  in  1890  he  took  a  course  of 
training  in  Brown's  Business  College  at  Blooming- 
ton.  Immediately  after  that  he  took  up  the  study  of 
embalming  and  iuneral  directing.  Air.  Winzeler  was 
married  to  Miss  Zella  E.  Johnson  of  Tremont,  Illi- 
nois, November  13,  1895. 

Moving  to  Peoria  in  1891  Mr.  Winzeler  organized 
the  Winzeler  Undertaking  Company,  which  under 
his  direction  and  leadership,  has  grown  to  be  one 
of  the  foremost  of  its  kind  in  this  section  of  the 
country.  Their  beautiful  funeral  home  at  131  North 
Madison  Avenue,  is  an  illustration  and  a  demonstra- 
tion of  progress  and  enlightenment. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club.  tin- 
Country  Club,  Rotary  Club  and  is  a  Mason  and 
Shriner.  As  a  member  of  the  Universalist  Church 
he  has  been  active  in  helping  to  build  up  the  well 
known  Lectureship  Forum  for  Sunday  evening  work. 
During  the  war  he  served  on  the  Liberty  Loan  Com- 
mittees and  other  war  work,  and  is  well  known  as 
being  generous  with  time,  money  and  power  of 
leadership  in  all  forms  of  public  welfare  work. 


JUDGE  CHARLES  V.  MILES 

Charles  Vernon  Miles,  judge  of  the  circuit  court 
and  one  of  the  leading  jurists  of  the  state,  was 
born  in  Jerseyville,  Illinois,  April  12,  1868,  the  son 
of  George  Shattuck  and  Martha  DeWolf  Warren 
Miles.  After  getting  a  public  school  education  he 
attended  the  University  of  Michigan,  graduating 
from   the   law   department.  . 

After  completing  his  university  work  he  went  to 
Omaha  where  he  practiced  law  from  1892  until  1901, 
removing  to  Peoria  in  1901.  He  was  partner  of 
Joseph  V.  Graff,  congressman  from  this  district,  for 
several  years.  Later  he  was  a  partner  of  William 
Jack,  W.  T.  Irwin  and  Robert  Jack.  He  practiced 
law  in  Peoria  until  1918  when  he  was  elected  circuit 
judge.     He  was  re-elected  in  1921. 

Judge  Miles  was  united  in  marriage  with  Josephine 
Danforth  of  Washington,  Illinois,  June  20,  1899. 
They  have  one  son,  Warren  Danforth  Miles,  born 
December   1,  1902. 

During  the  World  War  Judge  Miles  served  as 
government  appeal  agent  and  as  a  member  of  the 
legal  advisory  board.  He  is  a  member  of  various 
Masonic  orders  and  of  the  Sons  of  the  American' 
Revolution. 

Judge  Miles  is  known  as  an  exceptional  law  scholar 
and  is  much  in  demand  at  bar  association  conven- 
tions as  a  speaker.  His  record  on  the  bench  has 
been  universally  satisfactory  and  his  activities  in 
civic  affairs  have  been  pronounced. 

The  Miles  home  is  at  560  Moss  Avenue,  Peoria, 
and  Judge  Miles'  office  is  in  the  Peoria  court  house. 


Judge  Charles  V.  Miles 


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Judge  John  M.   Niehaus 


JUDGE  JOHN  M.  NIEHAUS 

Probably  no  one  occupies  a  more  enviable  posi- 
tion in  the  history  of  Peoria  jurisprudence  than 
Judge  John  M.  Niehaus,  judge  of  the  Circuit  Court 
of  that  district  and  a  justice  of  the  Appellate  Court, 
who  has  practiced  law  in  Peoria  since   1877. 

Judge  Niehaus  was  born  in  Warendorf,  West- 
phalia, February  15,  1855,  the  son  of  Franz  and 
Matilda  Dahmann  Niehaus.  He  began  his  pursuit 
of  knowledge  in  the  Old  Peoria-German-English 
Academy  and  later  took  up  his  studies  at  the  Coles 
Commercial   College. 

But  Judge  Niehaus  was  anxious  to  begin  his  studies 
for  a  legal  career,  and  became  associated  with  the 
law  offices  of  O'Brien  and  Harmon,  well  known 
Peoria  legal  partnership  of  the  day.  In  1874  he  was 
admitted  to  the  practice  of  his  chosen  profession  in 
the  State  of  Illinois  and  the  year  following  accepted 
a  position  with  the  law  firm  of  O'Brien,  Berge  and 
Dixon  of  Chicago.  He  remained  here  for  about 
two  years,  but  afterwards  returned  to  Peoria  where 
he  started  to  practice   for  himself. 

Few  men  have  enjoyed  public  confidence  more 
than  Judge  Niehaus.  Time  after  time  in  his  event- 
ful career  in  the  city  has  he  been  honored  by  import- 
ant public  offices,  indicative  of  the  implicit  confidence 
accorded  him  by  residents  of  his  community.  He 
was  elected  to  the  Illinois  Legislature  in  1880;  was 
chosen  state's  attorney  of  Peoria  County  in  1883 ; 
re-elected  in  1884  and  1888  and  was  elected  to  the 
State  Senate  in  1892.  He  was  appointed  master  in 
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MILTON  GRANT  NEWMAN 
Milton  Grant  Newman,  prominent  Peoria  merchant 
and   president    of   the   city's    extensive   and   beautiful 
park  system,  was  born  April  9,  1865,  in  Peoria,  Illi- 
nois, the  son  of  Max  and  Rebecca  Ullman  Newman. 
His  early  education  came  from  the  public  schools 
of  Peoria.     He  was  graduated  from  the  high  school 
with  the  class  of  1884,  and  later  studied  at  business 
college  in  the  city- 
After  leaving  school  Mr.   Newman  turned  his   at- 
tention to  business   pursuits  and   various   subsequent 
successes  have  advanced  him  to  the  position  of  presi- 
dent of  Newman  and   Ullman,   leading   Peoria  cigar 
jobbing    concern  ;    which    lias    long    claimed    his    best 
efforts  and  industry. 

But  Mr.  Newman's  business  abilities  are  not 
limited  by  the  scope  of  one  business  alone.  He  has 
at  varied  times  been  interested  in  many  commercial 
enterprises  and  at  present  is  vice-president  of  the 
Commercial  Loan  and  Homestead  Association  of 
Peoria. 

Aside  from  his  business  activities,  there  are  few 
nun  better  known  in  other  lines  in  and  around  Peoria 
than  Mr.  Newman.  In  practically  every  public- 
spirited  movement  sponsored  in  Peoria  in  recent 
years,  he  has  taken  an  active  part.  He  is  secretary 
of  the  Proctor  Hospital  and  is  a  director  of  the 
following  organizations:  The  Peoria  Community 
Fund,  the  National  Implement  and  Swine  Show  of 
Peoria.  Peoria  Art  League,  Child's  Welfare  League, 
Association  of  Commerce,  Monroe  Street  Temple, 
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Milton  Grant  Newman 


Page  Tiro   Hundred  and   Thirteen 


Arron   S.   Oakford 


ARRON   S.   OAKFORD 

High  up  amone  the  names  of  Central  Illinois  com- 
mercial enterprises,  is  that  of  Oakford  and  Fahne- 
stock  Company  of  Peoria,  wholesale  grocers,  im- 
porters and  manufacturers.  One  of  the  chief  reasons 
for  its  prominent  position  can  he  traced  directly 
to  the  efforts  of  its  executive  officer,  Arron  Samuel 
Oakford,  who  started  in  business  as  a  grocery  clerk 
and  rose  by  dint  of  honest  industry  to  the  head  of 
one   of   the   largest   businesses   of   his   home   city. 

Mr.  Oakford  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Peoria  County. 
October  28,  1845,  but  moved  to  Peoria  with  his 
parents  while  but  a  child.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  this  city,  and  after  leaving  school  turned 
his  attention  to  business  pursuits.  He  soon  became 
interested  in  the  grocery  business,  working  for  the 
firm  of  H.  H.  Potter  Company,  one  of  Peoria's 
pioneer  grocery  companies,  taking  a  position  as  clerk 
with  long  hours  and  small  remuneration. 

After  a  few  years  with  this  company,  he,  with 
others,  succeeded  to  the  business  of  the  Potter  Com- 
pany, reorganizing  the  firm  under  the  name  Oakford 
and  Fahnestock,  where  he  has  been  actively  interested 
ever  since.  He  has  held  all  positions  in  his  company, 
traveling  for  them  in  their  early  business  days. 

Besides  his  other  business  interests  Mr.  Oakford 
is  vice-president  of  the  Merchants  and  Illinois  Na- 
tional Bank,  and  a  director  of  the  Association  of 
Commerce.  He  has  been  singularly  honored  by  be- 
ing chosen  president  of  the  Illinois  Wholesale 
Grocers   Association. 

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FRANK  J.  QUINN 

One  of  the  reasons  for  Peoria's  reputation  as  a 
legal  center  can  be  directly  traced  to  the  career  of 
Frank  J.  Quinn  of  Quinn  &  Quinn,  one  of  the  city's 
leading  law  firms. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Chicago, 
Illinois,  January  23,  1866,  the  son  of  Michael  C. 
and  Mary  Hurley  Quinn.  He  attended  the  German 
private  and  parochial  and  the  public  schools  of  Peoria 
and  St.  Viator's  College.  He  read  law  in  the  office 
of  his  father,  and  after  being  admitted  to  the  Illinois 
bar  in  1892,  began  an  eminently  successful  practice 
of  his  profession  in   Peoria  and   Central   Illinois. 

Mr.  Quinn  is  widely  known  in  Illinois  politics, 
having  attended,  as  delegate-at-large,  several  Demo- 
cratic National  Conventions,  including  the  one  held 
in  New  York  in  1924.  He  has  traveled  extensively, 
both  in  America  and  Europe. 

During  the  World  War  he  served  as  chairman  of 
the  District  Exemption  Board  No.  1  of  the  Southern 
District  of  the  Northern  Division  of  Illinois. 

He  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  School  Board 
of  Peoria  and  as  director  of  the  Public  Library 
Board.  He  represented  this  district  as  one  of  its 
members  in  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  the 
State,    1920-1922. 

In  fraternal  circles  probably  no  man  enjoys  a 
wider  local  acquaintanceship  than  does  Mr.  Quinn. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  and  Peoria 
Country  Clubs,  the  Elks,  the  University  Club  of 
Peoria  and  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  also  the 
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Frank  J.  Quinn 


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Benjamin   L.   Sommer 


BENJAMIN  L.  SOMMER 

Benjamin  L.  Sommer,  president  and  general  man- 
ager of  the  Keystone  Steel  &  Wire  Company,  was 
born  in  Fairbury,  Illinois,  January  17,  1880,  the  son 
of  Peter  and  Mary  Breisacher  Sommer.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  in  his  youth  and  then  sup- 
plemented this  education  with  a  course  at  Brown's 
Business   College. 

After  completing  his  educational  work  Mr.  Som- 
mer followed  his  natural  inclinations  into  business 
and  soon  became  an  influential  factor  in  the  direction 
of  the  Keystone  Steel  &  Wire  Company.  He  serves 
in  the  financial  administration  end  of  this  gigantic 
business  and  has  been  responsible  to  a  great  degree 
for  the  sound  business  practices  and  programs  of 
the  company. 

The  growth  of  the  Keystone  Company  has  been 
one  of  the  marvels  of  the  industrial  age.  Peter 
Sommer,  who  founded  (lie  business,  had  come  to 
the  conclusion  that  the  old  rail  fences  which  were 
used  in  his  day  could  be  improved  upon  by  a  woven 
wire  fence.  At  that  time  the  wire  fences  were  very 
rare  and  no  woven  wire  fences  were  in  use  except 
a  few  made  with  an  open  diamond  mesh.  Since  the 
production  of  the  first  rod  of  woven  wire  fence  by 
Peter  Sommer  in  the  late  8o's,  this  industry  has 
assumed  gigantic  proportions  and  the  company  which 
Peter  Sommer  founded  has  become  the  world's 
leader  in  the  manufacture  of  woven  wire  fencing. 

The  original  Sommer  believed  with  the  sage  of 
old :  "Of  course  I  know  it  is  better  to  build  a 
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WILLIAM  H.   SOMMER 

William  H.  Sommer,  vice-president  and  general 
superintendent  of  the  Keystone  Steel  and  Wire  Com- 
pany, was  born  in  Tremont,  Illinois,  June  25,  1882. 
After  his  father's  family  had  moved  to  Peoria  he  at- 
tended the  public  schools  and  then  took  the  business 
course  at   Brown's. 

As  a  boy  and  young  man  Mr.  Sommer  was  special- 
ly interested  in  machinery  and  soon  became  of  in- 
valuable assistance  to  his  father,  Peter  Sommer.  in 
the  development  of  the  Keystone  Steel  and  Wire 
Company.  Immediately  after  completing  his  school 
work  he  became  a  draftsman  and  pattern  maker. 
As  the  years  passed  he  became  the  head  of  the  pro- 
duction end  of  the  rapidly  growing  business  and  it 
is  largely  to  his  genius  and  to  his  indefatigable 
work  in  connection  with  the  Keystone  that  the  com- 
pany's products  have  more  than  kept  pace  with  the 
leaders  in  a  large  field  which  includes  the  produc- 
tion of  wire,  fencing  and  allied  products. 

Mr.  Sommer,  upon  his  return  to  Peoria  after  a 
few  years  in  Colorado  where  he  had  looked  after 
large  land  holdings  of  the  family,  became  vice-presi- 
dent and  general  superintendent  of  the  company. 
His  work-  is  confined  principally  to  development  and 
machinery  work  while  his  brother,  Benjamin  L. 
Sommer,  has  direction  of  the  financial  administra- 
tion. 

On  June  11,  191 1,  Mr.  Sommer  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Emma  Hannah  Getz  at  Monte 
Vista,  Colorado.  There  are  three  children,  Ruth 
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William  H.  Sommer 


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Robert   Scholes 


ROBERT  SCHOLES 

Robert  Scholes,  prominent  lawyer  and  a  leader  in 
the  Illinois  Legislature,  was  born  in  Peoria,  Decem- 
ber 5,  1866.  He  was  the  son  of  Richard  Scholes 
and  Anna  Hannay  Scholes.  He  received  his  school- 
ing in  Pekin  and  Peoria,  graduating  from  the  Peoria 
High  School. 

Following  his  graduation  from  high  school  Air. 
Scholes  read  law  with  Attorneys  Kellogg  and  Cam- 
eron, two  of  the  most  successful  attorneys  in  Central 
Illinois.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1890  and 
since  that  time  has  practiced  law.  Attorney  Scholes 
is  known  as  one  of  the  best  trial  lawyers  in  the 
Central  part  of  the  state. 

Early  in  life  Attorney  Scholes  took  an  interest  in 
Republican  politics.  While  a  young  lawyer  he  was 
often  called  upon  to  address  political  meetings  and 
to  stump  Central  Illinois  for  the  National  and 
State  tickets.  His  ability  as  an  orator  and  his  keen 
insight  into  politics  won  for  him  the  reputation  for 
being  an  influential  political  leader.  He  served  as 
precinct  committeeman,  chairman  of  the  Republican 
Township  Central  Committee,  chairman  of  the 
County  Central  Committee  and  in  various  other 
capacities.  In  190.1  he  was  elected  state's  attorney 
of  Peoria  County.  During  this  term  he  made  a 
remarkable  record  as  a  prosecutor  and  was  re-elected 
in  1908,  servino-  until  1912.  Later  he  wa,s  elected  to 
represent  the  Peorir  district  in  the  State  Legislature. 
He  served  in  the  forty-ninth,  fifty-third  and  fifty- 
fourth  general  assemblies.  He  was  re-elected  last 
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WILLIAM  C.  WHITE 

There  is,  perhaps,  no  more  highly  respected  name 
among  Peoria  financiers  than  that  of  William  C. 
White,  banker  and  president  of  the  Merchants  and 
Illinois  National  Bank,  one  of  the  largest  and  best 
known  financial  organizations  in   Central  Illinois. 

Mr.  White  was  born  in  Peoria,  the  son  of  Andrew 
J.  and  Amanda  Carr  White.  He  began  his  early 
pursuit  of  knowledge  in  the  grammar  and  high 
schools  of  this  city,  but  left  school  at  the  end  of  his 
junior  vear,  starting:  in  as  messenger  boy,  in  the 
employ  of  the  Commercial  National  Bank.  His  rise 
from  messenger  boy  to  president  in  the  banking  busi- 
ness is  a  story  of  energetic  toil,  coupled  with  plenty 
of  ambition  and  a  natural  business  ability. 

Some  years  later,  Mr.  White  became  a  teller  in 
the  Peoria  Loan  and  Trust  Company,  and  still  later 
was  advanced  to  the  responsible  position  of  assistant 
cashier  of  the  Illinois  National  Bank,  located  in  the 
Fey  Hotel  Building.  Some  time  afterward  he  won 
further  recognition  and  promotion,  holding  the  offices 
of  cashier  and  president  of  the  Illinois  National 
Bank,  and  on  its  consolidation  with  the  Merchants 
National  Bank,  in  1915,  his  abilities  won  him  the 
enviable  position  of  president  of  the  Merchants  and 
Illinois  National  Bank. 

Mr.  White  is  an  ex-president  of  the  Illinois  Bank- 
ers Association  and  was  for  six  years  a  member  of 
the  Executive  Council  of  the  American  Bankers 
Association. 

During  the  World  War,  Mr.  White  was  general 
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William  C.  White 


rage  Two  Hundred  and  Sixteen 


E.  N.  WOODRUFF 

Edward  Nelson  Woodruff,  mayor  of  the  City  ofPeoria  for  eight  term--,  president  of  the  Woodruff 
Ice  Company,  and  treasurer  of  the  Peoria  Life  Insurance  Company,  was  born  in  Peoria  and  has  lived 
here    continuously. 

Mr.  Woodruff  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools,  graduating  from  Peoria  High  School.  He 
entered  business  at  an  early  age  and  decided  to  chance  his  fortunes  with  his  home  city.  He  has  been 
successful  in  his  business  undertakings  and  has  aided  in  starting  and  developing  many  local  business 
and  industrial  concerns.  As  president  of  the  Woodruff  Ice  Company  he  built  the  business  of  that  com- 
pany until  it  is  one  of  the  largest  in  the  state.  He  has  been  connected  with  the  Peoria  Life  Insurance 
Company  since  its  earliest  days  and  for  a  number  of  years  has  been  treasurer  and  a  member  of  the  board 
of  directors  of  that  large  company.  He  is  also  vice-president  of  the  Illinois  Valley  Awning  and  Tent  Com- 
pany. 

.Mr.  Woodruff,  early  in  life,  took  an  interest  in  politics  and  was  elected  alderman  in  [890,  being  re- 
elected in  1901.  Upon  the  completion  of  his  second  term  as  alderman  he  was  elected  mayor,  serving  from 
1903  to'  1905.  In  1909  he  was  elected  mayor  again,  and  was  re-elected  each  two  years  until  1921.  In 
1923  he  was  elected  for  an  eighth  time,  the  last  term  expiring  May  5.  1925.  Mayor  Woodruff  has  served 
longer  as  mayor  than  any  other  Peoria  mayor  has  served  and  during  his  various  terms  has  aided  ma- 
terially in  building  up  the  city,  securing  local  improvements,  caring  for  the  requirements  of  all  classes 
and   sections,    and   giving   a    substantial    and    satisfactory    administration. 

Throughout  the  State  of  Illinois  Mjayor  Woodruff  is  looked  on  as  an  authority  on  city  affairs  and  his 
advice   and   counsel   are   sought   by   mayors  in  all  parts  of  the   state. 

In  1890  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Anna  Schmidt  of  Peoria.  There  is  one  daughter,  Mary 
Monroe    Woodruff. 

Mr.  Woodruff's  parents  were  Nelson  Lot  Woodruff  and  Mary  Ann  Monroe,  well-known  and  influential 
citizens   of  an  earlier  day. 

The  Woodruff  home  is  at  1026  N.  Jefferson  Avenue  and  Mr.  Woodruff's  business  address  is  1420  N. 
Adams   Street. 


WILLIS  H.  BALLANCE 
The  name  Ballance  is  imperishably  connected  with 
the  City  of  Peoria.  From  the  year  1832  when  Charles 
Ballance,  a  struggling  young  lawyer  came  to  Peoria 
to  make  his  fortune  the  family  has  occupied  a  com- 
manding part  in  the  business  and  social  history  of 
the  community.  It  was  Charles  Ballance  who  fought 
the  celebrated  French  claims  through  to  a  success- 
ful conclusion  and  established  the  ownership  of 
Peorians  to  that  section  of  Peoria  fronting  on  the 
river  and  the  lake.  The  Ballance  family  at  one 
time  owned  much  of  the  property  on  which  is  situated 
now  the  business  section.  Peoria  is  rich  in  the 
traditions  of  the  family  name.  The  present  genera- 
tion is  represented  in  the  business  leadership  of 
Willis  H.  Ballance,  president  of  the  Electrox  Com- 
pany, president  and  director  of  the  Gipps  Brewing 
Company  and  treasurer  and  director  of  the  Smith 
Lumber  Company,  all  listed  among  the  city's  best 
known  and  prominent  business  institutions. 

Mr.  Ballance  was  born  in  Peoria.  March  24,  1885, 
the  son  of  Willis  H.  Ballance  and  Augusta  Nevius 
Ballance.  He  received  his  early  education  here  in 
the  grammar  and  high  schools  and  attended  both 
Bradley  Polytechnic  Institute  and  Cornell  University, 
graduating-  from  the  latter  with  a  mechanical  en- 
gineering degree  in  1906. 

After  graduation  he  went  to  fill  a  responsible  posi- 
tion  with  the   Buick  Automobile   Company,  at   Flint, 
Michigan,   starting   work    in   the   testing   department. 
He  worked  there  for  eighteen  months  and  then   re- 
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Willis  H.  Ballance 


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Wallace  John  Black 


Nicholson 


WALLACE  JOHN  BLACK 

Wallace  John  Black,  one  of  the  leading  members 
of  the  Peoria  bar,  was  born  in  Washburn.  Illinois, 
January  12,  1884.  He  is  the  son  of  John  M.  and 
Laura  M.  Black  and  spent  his  youth  and  boyhood 
in  Washburn  where  he  attended  school.  Upon  grad- 
uating from  the  higti  school  he  attended  Monmouth 
College  at  Monmouth,  Illinois,  graduating  in  i<"'~ 
with  an  A.B.  degree.  Later  he  attended  the  Chi- 
cago University  Law  School  and  received  his  J.l). 
degree  from  that  institution   in   1912. 

After  being  admitted  to  the  Illinois  bar  in  October, 
1912,  Attorney  BlacK  practiced  at  Lacon,  Illinois,  as 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Barnes,  Magoon  &  Black, 
remaining  there  until  June  1,  1920,  when  he  moved 
to  Peoria  and  established  the  Peoria  office  of  that 
firm  in  Suite  1029-31  Peoria  Life  Building.  Ik- 
withdrew  from  that  firm  June  21,  1924,  and  con- 
tinues to  practice  law  in  the  same  location. 

During  the  World  War  Attorney  Black  was  chair- 
man of  the  Marshall  County  Red  Cross  Association 
and  did  notable  work  in  that  capacity.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  Lacon  .state  Bank,  a  Shriner,  Elk 
and  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Mount 
Hawley  Country  Club  and  Delta  Sigma  Rho  Fra- 
ternity. 

He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Margaret 
Robinson  at  Waterman,  Illinois.  Tune  20,  1907,  and 
has    two   children,    Kenneth    and    Constance. 

Attorney  Black  is  widelv  known  as  an  attorney 
and  has  appeared  in  numerous  important  cases.  He 
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MATHIAS  SEVEREIN  CREMER 

Mathias  Severein  Cremer,  president  of  the  Illinois 
Fire  Insurance  Company  of  Peoria,  and  leading 
Peoria  business  man,  was  born  at  Watertown,  Wis- 
consin, October  23,  1856,  the  son  of  Jacob  and  Maria 
E.   Wollersheim    Cremer. 

He  began  the  pursuit  of  knowledge  in  a  private 
school  in  his  home  city,  but  while  still  quite  young 
moved  to  Peoria  with  his  parents.  He  later  took  up 
commercial  studies  at  Cole's  Commercial  School  in 
Peoria,  and  after  leaving  school  turned  his  attention 
to  business  pursuits. 

Mr.  Cremer  became  interested  in  the  publication 
of  the  Daily  Peoria  Demokrat  in  1875,  and  worked 
at  this  vocation  until  1915,  when  he  decided  to  turn 
his  energies  and  activities  to  the  executive  end  of 
the  life  insurance  business.  He  later  became  inter- 
ested in  banking  and  at  present,  in  addition  to  his 
other  business  duties,  he  is  a  director  of  the  Com- 
mercial National  Bank  of  Peoria,  one  of  the  city's 
largest  financial  organizations. 

Mr.  Cremer  has  long  been  active  in  promoting 
and  backing  any  civic  movement  for  the  betterment 
of  his  home  city.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the 
Association  of  Commerce. 

Mr.  Cremer's  business  offices  are  located  in  the 
Peoria  Life  Building  and  his  residence  at  400  North 
Madison  Avenue,   Peoria. 


Mathias  Severein  Cremer 


Page  'lira  Hundred  <nnl  EiyMecn 


Warren  W.  Day 


WARREN   W.    DAY 

Warren  W.  Day.  prominent  Peoria  architect  and 
president  of  the  Central  Illinois  Chapter.  American 
Institute  of  Architects,  was  horn  in  Peoria,  July  26, 
1882,  the  son  of  John  W.  and  Kate  1).  Moore  Day. 
His  paternal  grandfather  was  Larkin  B.  Day  of  the 
well  known  Peoria  dry  goods  firm  of  Day  Brothers, 
and  his  maternal  grandfather  was  William  Moore. 
the  owner  of  one  of  the  largest  foundries  in  Peoria 
in  the  early  days. 

Mr.  Day  attended  the  Irving  school  from  1889 
to  1893;  the  Greeley  School,  1893  to  1897;  and  the 
Peoria  High  School,  he  being  in  the  class  of  1901. 
He  was  a  student  in  the  academy  of  the  University 
of  Illinois  from  1905  to  1906,  and  in  1906  entered 
the  University  of  Illinois  from  which  he  graduated 
in  architecture  in  1910  with  the  degree  of  bachelor 
of  science. 

From  1901  to  1903  Mr.  Day  was  in  the  office  of 
Kingman  &  Company,  jobbers  of  farm  implements. 
In  1904  he  was  city  buyer  for  C.  J.  Off  &  Company, 
wholesale  grocers.  He  worked  as  an  architectural 
draughtsman  in  1905.  During  the  summer  of  1910 
he  was  superintendent  of  construction  for  the  State 
of  Illinois,  having  charge  of  all  building  operations 
at  the  Elgin  State  Hospital  for  the  Insane.  During 
the  latter  part  of  the  following  year  he  was  an 
architectural  draughtsman.  He  opened  an  office  for 
the  practice  of  architecture  in  January,  1912,  in 
Peoria,  continuing  in  private  practice  since  that  time. 
He  has  designed  many  public  and  private  buildings 
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HARRY   A.   FRANKEL 

Harry  A.  Frankel,  prominent  figure  in  Peoria  busi- 
ness and  financial  circles,  was  born  September  1, 
1888,  the   son   of  Julius   and   Elizabeth    Frankel. 

At  a  very  early  age  Mr.  Frankel  came  to  Peoria 
with  his  parents,  attending  the  nublic  schools  of 
this  city,  and  soon  after  began  making  a  name  for 
himself  in  business  pursuits.  He  had  always  been 
intensely  interested  in  the  dry  goods  and  real  estate 
businesses  in  particular,  and,  as  soon  as  opportunity 
afforded  commenced  giving  all  of  his  energies  to 
them.  In  the  seventeen  or  more  years  that  Mr. 
Frankel  has  been  actively  associated  with  business 
interests  in  Peoria  he  has  built  over  eighty  homes, 
and  has  risen  to  a  high  place  among  the  city's  mer- 
chants. 

But  perhaps  the  greatest  laurels  due  Mr.  Frankel 
in  his  varied  career,  are  those  attendant  upon  his 
remarkable  genius  in  the  reorganization  and  super- 
vision of  apparently  hopelessly  bankrupt  businesses. 
No  other  man  in  the  history  of  the  city  has  been 
able  to  lay  claim  to  as  manv  or  as  great  successes 
in  saving  firms  from  commercial  oblivion  as  has 
Air.  Frankel.  He  has  become  a  much  sought  man- 
ager  and   director  along  these   lines. 

He  is  at  present  interested  in  the  Adams  Jewelry 
Company,  a  trustee  of  the  American  Gasoline  Com- 
pany, the  U.  S.  Electrox  Company,  the  Swanson 
Oil  Company  and  sales  director  of  the  Acme  Factory 
Sites    Corporation. 

Fraternally,  as  in  other  lines,  Mr.  Frankel  enjoys 
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-ym^rw^ 


Harry  A.  Frankel 


Page    Tiro   Hundred   ami    Xincteen 


Joseph  P.  Goebel 


JOSEPH  P.  GOEBEL 

Joseph  P.  Goebel,  founder  and  owner  of  the  out- 
door advertising  company  which  bears  his  name,  and 
of  the  Peoria  Posting  Service,  and  one  of  the  leaders 
in  outdoor  advertising  projects  in  the  state,  was  born 
October  17,  1879,  in  Peoria.  His  parents  were  Joseph 
Peter  and  Suzanne  Goebel. 

Mr.  Goebel's  early  schooling  was  received  in  the 
St.  Joseph's  and  the  public  schools  of  Peoria.  Upon 
leaving  school  in  1894  he  started  to  work  and  he- 
came  interested  in  advertising.  Early  foreseeing  the 
great  possibilities  of  outdoor  advertising  he  was  am- 
bitious to  start  and  develop  this  business  in  Peoria. 
This  he  did  and  by  hard  and  persistent  work  he  has 
built  up  the  business  of  the  J.  P.  Goebel  Company 
and  the  Peoria  Posting  Service  until  they  are  not 
only  among  the  largest  and  strongest  concerns  of  the 
kind  in  the  state,  but  are  two  of  the  most  up-to-date, 
best  built  plants  in  the  country.  Mr.  Goebel  has 
been  vice-president  and  a  member  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  National  Painted  Outdoor  Adver- 
tising Association  since  this  association  was  organ- 
ized, some  fourteen  years  ago.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  National  Poster 
Advertising  Association. 

On  the  tenth  of  May,  1913,  Mr.  Goebel  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Elizabeth  Washburn  of  Bradford, 
Illinois.  There  are  three  children :  John  Francis 
Goebel,  Josephine  Elizabeth  Goebel  and  Suzanne 
Goebel. 

Mr.  Goebel's  hobby  is  working  for  under-privileged 
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LOUIS  ALVAH  HOWES 

Louis  Alvah  Howes,  prominent  Peoria  insurance 
executive,  was  born  in  Springfield,  Illinois,  Decem- 
ber 13,  1873,  the  son  of  Alvah  L.  and  Irene  Eichel- 
berger  Howes. 

He  received  his  earlv  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Lewistown,  Illinois,  and  after  leaving 
school  came  to  Peoria  where  he  joined  the  employ 
of  Oakford  Fahnestock.  He  remained  here  from 
1892  to  1913,  wdien  he  helped  organize  the  insurance 
firm  of  Howes-Fahnestock,  which  has  since  grown, 
and  largely  through  his  efforts  and  industry,  has  ad- 
vanced to  the  foremost  rank  of  like  firms  in  the  citv. 

During  his  residence  in  Peoria,  Mr.  Howes  has 
taken  a  prominent  part  in  the  backing  of  the  Peoria 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  at  present  being  an  important  member 
of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  organization.  Also 
director  in  Illinois  State  Insurance  Federation  and 
a  director  of  the  Peoria  Retail  Merchants  Associa- 
tion. 

Along  with  his  wide  acquaintance  in  Peoria  busi- 
ness and  professional  circles,  Mr.  Howes  is  widely 
known  socially.  He  maintains  membershin  in  the  . 
Creve  Coeur  Club  of  Peoria,  the  Kiwanis  Club,  is 
a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution 
and  one  of  the  most  active  members  of  the  Peoria 
Association   of  Commerce. 

Mr.  Flowes  was  married  to  Miss  Ruth  Beach  of 
Hinsdale,  Illinois,  at  Lewistown,  Illinois,  October 
18,  1906.  His  business  offices  are  located  in  the 
Hippodrome  Building,  and  his  residence  at  219  East 
Arcadia  Avenue. 


Louis  Alvah  Howes 


Page  Two  Hundred  and  Twenty 


E.  Bentley  Hamilton 


E.  BENTLEY  HAMILTON 
E.  Bentley  Hamilton,  assistant  general  attorney  for 

the  Illinois  Traction,  Incorporated,  and  the  Illinois 
Power  and  Light  Corporation,  widely  known  as  an 
orator  and  active  in  the  general  practice  of  law,  was 
born  in  Quincy,  Illinois  August  23,  1879.  His  par- 
ents were  Elisha  B.  Hamilton  and  Mary  E.  Fisk 
I  [amilton. 

Air.  Hamilton  graduated  from  Illinois  College  in 
1902  with  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  arts.  He  then 
attended  law  school  at  North  western  University, 
completing  the  course  in  11,04.  In  October  of  the 
same  year  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Illinois. 
On  Anril  II,  [921,  he  was  admitted  to  practice  111 
the   Supreme  Court  of   the  United   States. 

In  January.  [913,  Mr.  Hamilton  became  a  member 
of  the  law  firm  of  Burton  &  Hamilton  and  has  been 
a  partner  in  that  firm  ever  since.  During  the  World 
War  he  was  a  member  of  the  Peoria  County  De- 
fense and  was  a  speaker  for  the  American  Red  Cross 
and    Liberty    Loan    Committees. 

For  tlie  past  twelve  years  Attorney  Hamilton  has 
been  assistant  general  attorney  for  the  Illinois  Trac- 
tion, Incorporated,  and  the  Illinois  Power  and  Light 
Corporation  and  has  engaged  in  the  general  practice 
of  law  at  the  same  time.  In  1922  he  served  as  spv 
assistant  general  of  the  United  States  in  important 
tax  litigation  affecting  government  property  in  Rock 
Island.  This  litigation  resulted  in  the  government 
property  being  exempted  from  taxes  imposed  by  the 
City  and  County  of  Rock  Island. 

(Continued  on  Page  249) 


BERNARD  KELLY 

Bernard  Kelly,  prominent  Peoria  attorney,  was 
born  in  Chillicothe,  Illinois,  January  3,  1891,  the 
son    of    Daniel    and    Alary    Boylan    Kelly. 

He  obtained  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  Chillicothe  and  later  matriculated  at  Christian 
Brothers  College  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  After  com- 
pleting his  studies  here,  he  returned  to  Illinois,  and 
soon  after  took  up  the  study  of  law  at  Illinois  Wes- 
leyan  University  at  Bloomington.  Still  later  he  at- 
tended Harvard  University  at  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, taking  special  courses.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  Illinois  liar  in    1912. 

After  leaving  the  university  he  became  associated 
with  attorneys  Joseph  Dailey  and  Shelton  McGrath 
and  later  for  a  period  practiced  by  himself.  Mr. 
Kelly  was  instrumental  in  forming  the  well  known 
firm  of  Hunt,  Montgomery  and  Kelly  in  October 
of  1923.  Mr.  Kelly  is  also  the  author  of  books  on 
legal  topics,  which  have  a  wide  circulation. 

His  military  service  record  was  equally  brilliant 
with  that  of  his  legal  triumphs.  He  enlisted  in  the 
American  Expeditionary  Force  in  June  of  191 7, 
shortly  after  the  nation's  entry  into  the  conflict, 
serving  as  captain  in  the  56th  Infantry  Division, 
U.  S.  Regular  Army.  He  was  wounded  in  action, 
October  17,  1918,  and  received  the  unusual  distinction 
of  a  citation  for  bravery  from  General  Pershing  in 
that  same  year.  He  was  the  first  commander  of 
Peoria   Post,   No.  2,    American   Legion. 

He  is  prominently  associated  with  the  Peoria  Uni- 
( Continued  on  Page  249) 


Bernard  Kelly 


Paye    Tiro   Hundred   and    Twenty-one 


Edward  C.  Leisy 


EDWARD  C.  LEISY 

Edward  C.  Leisy,  business  man  and  financier,  is 
not  only  one  of  the  largest  property  holders  in 
Peoria  but  one  of  the  most  active  men  in  develop- 
ing Peoria  industries. 

He  was  born  in  Keokuk,  Iowa,  November  16,  1859, 
the  son  of  John  W.  and  Christine  Schowalter  Leisy. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Keokuk  and  then 
took  a  business  course  at  Bailey's  Business  College. 

Mr.  Leisy  removed  to  Peoria  April  15,  1884,  and 
began  his  career  which  has  been  one  of  the  most 
successful  in  the  business  world.  He  built  and 
financed  the  Jefferson  office  building,  the  first  of 
Peoria's  large  office  structures.  He  also  built  the 
Orpheum  Theater  Building,  the  Leisy  Brewing  Com- 
pany   Building    and    numerous    other    buildings. 

As  his  business  expanded  his  interests  increased. 
He  is  president  of  the  Jefferson  Building  Corpora- 
tion, Jefferson  Deposit  Company,  the  Leisy  Company, 
Orpheum  Theater  Company ;  is  vice-president  of  the 
Home  Savings  and  State  Bank,  State  Trust  and 
Savings  Bank,  Reliance  Insurance  Company  and 
Theaters  Operating  Company ;  and  is  director  of 
the  Merchants  and  Illinois  National  Bank,  Morton 
Pottery  Company  and  Presidential  Insurance  Com- 
pany of   Chicago. 

Mr.  Leisy  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Emma 
Welte,  April  6,  1893,  at  Peoria.  There  are  four  chil- 
dren :  Mrs.  Florence  L.  Puterbaugh,  Lucille,  Helena 
and  Mildred.  The  Leisy  home  at  100  Moss  Avenue  is 
one  of  the  finest  in  Peoria. 

(Continued  on  Page  249) 


DENNIS  J.  McMAHON 

Dennis  J.  McMahon,  manager  of  the  Hotel  Jeffer- 
son, Peoria,  and  a  partner  in  the  Watson-McMahon 
Company,  one  of  the  large  and  progressive  hotel 
operating  companies  of  the  Central  States,  was  born 
at  Mattoon,  Illinois,  October  21,  1878.  His  parents 
were   Richard   and   Hanora   Sullivan   McMahon. 

While  in  his  young  manhood  he  decided  to  enter 
the  hotel  business  and  began  at  the  bottom,  gradually 
working  up  through  the  ranks  until  he  is  now  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  leaders  in  this  business.  After 
graduating  from  high  school  and  taking  a  course  in 
business  college  he  looked  around  for  a  hotel  open- 
ing and  found  it  in  Terre  Haute,  Indiana.  He  served 
as  manager  of  the  Terre  Haute  House  in  that  city. 
Later  he  removed  to  Indianapolis  to  assume  the 
managership  of  the  Hotel  English.  It  was  in  In- 
dianapolis that  he  was  married,  his  bride  being 
Harriet  Dierking,  and  the  wedding  taking  place 
April  9,   1910. 

On  December  1,  1920,  Mr.  McMahon  came  to 
Peoria  and  since  then  has  been  manager  of  the  Hotel 
Jefferson.  Under  his  management  this  hotel  has 
become  known  as  one  of  the  best  of  its  size  in  the 
country  and  the  service  has  constantly  kept  pace 
with  the  best.  He  is  executive  for  the  Watson- 
M.cMahon  Company  which  operates  this  hostelry. 

Mr.  McMahon  is  a  member  of  the  Association  of 

Commerce,  Rotary  Club,  Mt.  Hawley  Country  Club, 

Peoria  Automobile  Club  and  Creve  Coeur  Club.     He 

and   Mrs.   McMahon   reside   at   the   Hotel   Jefferson. 

(Continued  on  Page  241;) 


Dennis  J.  McMahon 


Page  Two  Hundred  and   Twenty-two 


Orin  L.  McCord 


ORIN   L.   McCORD 

O.  L.  McCord,  president  of  the  Illinois  Casualty 
Company,  with  home  office  and  general  headquarters 
in  Peoria,  was  horn  at  Granville,  Illinois,  where  he 
lived  until  he  was  ten  year-  old.  Ills  parents  then 
moved  to  Vermilion  County,  [llinois,  where  he  spent 
his  time  on  a  farm  until  he  was  twenty-one  years  old. 
He  then  left  the  farm,  went  into  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness in  Danville,  Illinois,  and  was  engaged  in  that 
business  until  1902,  when  he  was  elected  treasurer 
of  Vermilion  Comity. 

During  the  four  years  he  served  as  county  treas- 
urer, he  conceived  the  idea  of  the  organization  of 
the  Illinois  Casualty  Company,  a  health  and  accident 
insurance  company.  In  1009,  the  company  was 
chartered  by  the  State  of  Illinois,  with  home  office 
in  Danville,  Illinois.  In  1913,  the  home  office  of  the 
company  was  moved  to  Peoria,  through  the  efforts  of 
the  Association   of   Commerce. 

Under  Mr.  McCord's  direction,  the  Illinois  Casualty 
Company  has  had  a  steady  growth  and  is  now  one  of 
the  leading  health  and  accident  companies,  operating 
in  several  different  states,  with  a  large  and  well 
established  agency  force. 

Mr.  McCord  is  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Spring- 
field Life,  an  old  line,  mutual  legal  reserve  com- 
pany ;  for  twenty-five  years  he  has  been  nationally 
known  as  a  poultry  judge  and  has  been  an  officer 
of  the  Illinois  State  Poultry  Association  for  over 
thirty  years. 

He  is  also  interested  in  civic  affairs  and  is  always 
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CLARK  B.  MONTGOMERY 

Clark  B.  Montgomery,  former  assistant  district 
attorney  for  the  United  States,  representing  the 
Southern  District  of  Illinois,  and  now  one  of  the 
most  prominent  attorneys  in  Central  Illinois,  was 
born  in  Wyanet,  Illinois,  June  28,  1880.  His  parents 
were  Robert   Montgomery  and  Rachel  A.   Bradley. 

He  attended  grade  and  high  school  in  Wyanet 
and  then  matriculated  in  Knox  College,  Galesburg, 
from  which  he  graduated  with  a  B.S.  degree.  This 
education  was  supplemented  with  a  complete  course 
in  the  University  of  Michigan  Law  College,  wdiere 
he   graduated   with   the   LL.B.   degree. 

While  representing  the  Federal  Government  as 
assistant  district  attorney,  he  achieved  fame  for  his 
able  prosecutions  and  when,  upon  the  completion 
of  his  term,  he  opened  a  law  office  in  Peoria  he 
rapidly  gained  a  large  practice,  lie  is  now  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Hunt.  Montgomery  &  Kelly,  with 
offices  on  the  ninth  floor  of  the  Peoria  Life  Building. 

Attorney  Montgomery  was  married  in  Galesburg, 
August  21,  191 1,  to  Miss  Jessie  Morey  of  that  city. 
They  reside  at  215   North  Underbill. 

He  is  a  Mason,  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur 
Club  and  Country  Club  of  Peoria,  the  Illinois  Bar 
Association,  Phi  Kappa  Sigma  and  Phi  Alpha  Delta 
Legal  Fraternity,  at  the  University  of  Michigan. 

While  he  has  lived  in  Peoria  only  a  few  years, 
Attorney  Montgomery  has  taken  such  a  deep  in- 
terest in  Peoria  and  her  various  institutions  that  he 
is  exceptionally  widely  known  and  universally  ap- 
preciated. 


Clark  B.  Montgomery 


Nicholson's 


Page   Tiro   Hundred   and   Twenty-three 


Harkie  G.  Moore 


HARRIE  G.  MOORE 

A  career  of  unusual  successes  in  business  despite 
the  handicap  of  little  education  and  made  possible 
by  dint  of  honest  effort  alone  is  that  of  Harrie  G. 
Moore,  vice-president  and  general  sales  manager  of 
the  Keystone  Steel  and  Wire  Company,  who  had 
held  responsible  positions  with  many  leading  busi- 
ness concerns  throughout  the  Mid-West. 

Mr.  Moore  was  born  in  Brighton,  Illinois,  July  5, 
1864,  the  son  of  Sebastian  Clark  and  Deborah  Kates 
Butler  Moore.  He  attended  the  grammar  school  of 
that  place  and  after  leaving  school,  entered  business 
life  at  the  age  of  fourteen. 

After  working  at  various  occupations  in  Brighton, 
he  joined  the  service  of  the  Roodhouse  Bank  at 
Roodhouse,  Blinois,  staying  here  for  a  period  of  five 
years.  He  then  felt  the  need  of  exnansion  and  moved 
to  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  where  he  became  asso- 
ciated with  the  John  Deere  Plow  Company,  remain- 
ing here  for  eighteen  and  one-half  years.  He  later 
was  offered  a  position  with  the  Racine  Sattley  Com- 
pany of  Racine,  Wisconsin,  serving  in  the  capacity 
of  general  sales  manager  for  one  and  one-half  years. 

Peoria  first  claimed  his  acquaintance  the  year  fol- 
lowing when  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  vice- 
president  of  the  Keystone  Steel  and  Wire  Company, 
which  he  has  since  capably  filled.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  the  directors  of  the  organiza- 
tion. 

High  honors,  offered  in  recognition  of  Mr.  Moore's 
high  calibre  of  service  have  been  afforded  him  dur- 
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FRANK  T.  MILLER 

A  career  of  enviable  success  before  the  bar  and 
also  in  the  world  of  finance,  business  and  other  lines 
is  associated  with  the  name  of  Frank  Theodore 
Miller,  prominent  Peoria  attorney. 

Mr.  Miller  was  born  Tanuary  I,  1873,  near 
Cologne,  Germany,  the  son  of  Theodore  and  Clara 
A.  Miller.  He  came  with  his  parents  to  America 
at  the  age  of  nine  years,  and  after  a  three  years 
period  spent  in  the  grammar  schools  in  the  East, 
went  to  work  at  the  age  of  twelve.  In  1894  he  de- 
cided upon  a  legal  career,  and  attended  law  school 
and  the  school  of  Liberal  Arts  at  Illinois  Wesleyan 
University  at  Bloomington,  Illinois,  paying  his  school 
and  maintenance  expenses  by  his  ability  as  a  profes- 
sional musician,  and  completing  his  education  in 
1899. 

During  the  campaign  of  1900,  Mr.  Miller  made 
numerous  political  addresses  and  in  1901  was  re- 
warded by  Governor  Yates,  by  the  appointment  of 
public  administrator  of  Peoria  County.  To  this  of- 
fice he  was  reappointed  for  two  more  four-year 
terms  by  Governor  Deneen.  During  his  twelve  years 
of  service  in  this  office,  his  efficiency  and  speedy 
handling  and  closing  of  estates  made  for  him  an 
enviable  reputation. 

After  leaving  school  and  being  admitted  to  the 
Illinois  bar  shortly  afterward,  he  began  the  practice 
of  his  chosen  profession  in  Peoria,  and  in  1900  be- 
came associated  with  the  law  firm  of  Sheen  and 
Miller  as  junior  partner.  In  1909  he  became  an 
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Frank  T.  Miller 


Nicholson's 


Page  Two  Hundred  <ii'<l   Twenty -four 


John  C.  Ryan 


JOHN   C.   RYAN 

Every  Peoria  sportsman  is  familiar  with  the  name 
of  John  C.  "Jack"  Ryan,  Peoria  business  man  and 
president  of  the  Peoria  Baseball  Club  of  the  Three 
Eye  League,  who  lias  been  one  of  the  strongest 
backers  of  organized  baseball  and  other  sporting 
events  in  Peoria  for  years  back. 

Mr.  Ryan  first  saw  the  light  of  day  in  Peoria, 
September  22,  1878,  the  son  of  David  C.  and  Johanna 
Reed  Ryan.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  and  high  schools  of  the  city  and  after  finish- 
ing his   studies   turned   to   business   pursuits. 

For  many  years  he  was  connected  with  the  Na- 
tional Cooperage  and  Woodenware  Company  of 
Peoria,  and  still  later,  in  1914,  became  proprietor  of 
the  Puff  Cigar  i>tore,  in  the  heart  of  Peoria's  busi- 
ness district,  which  occupies  his  chief  interest  at 
present. 

Mr.  Ryan  served  as  collector  of  Special  Assess- 
ments under  the  administration  of  former  Mayor 
Thomas  O'Conner  and  since  1914  has  been  connected 
with  the  state  treasurer's  office  as  inheritance  tax 
inspector. 

Mr.  Ryan's  friends  in  the  sporting  world  are  not 
bounded  by  the  limits  of  Peoria.  All  over  the  State 
of  Illinois  and  the  Middle  West  he  enjoys  the 
friendship  of  well  known  officials  and  athletes.  He 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  organized  baseball  in 
Peoria,  and  during  his  perpetual  regime  as  president 
he  has  put  the  game  on  such  a  popular  basis  the  tax- 
payers of  the  city  in  an  election  in  1922  authorized 
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OLIVER  F.  SMITH 

From  a  grocery  clerk  in  Peoria  during  his  boyhood 
to  the  proprietorship  of  one  of  the  largest  grocery 
stores  and  markets  in  Central  Illinois  is  the  business 
record  of  Oliver  F.  Smith,  one  of  the  outstanding 
business  men  of  the  community. 

Mr.  Smith  was  born  in  Princeville,  Illinois,  Jan- 
uary 3,  1877,  the  son  of  Maurice  S.  and  Emma  J. 
Simpson  Smith.  When  the  family  came  to  Peoria 
Oliver  Smith  was  a  boy  and  worked  Saturdays  and 
evenings  in  various  grocery  stores  and  markets. 
After  finishing  his  school  work  in  the  public  schools 
he  became  a  grocery  clerk  and  was  soon  in  a  posi- 
tion to  embark  for  himself  on  the  business  sea.  In 
1912  he  organized  the  Penny  Grocery  which  was  a 
success  from  the  start.  In  1923  he  opened  the  Peoria 
Market  which  is  one  of  the  largest  markets  in  Illi- 
nois. This  is  at  Fulton  and  Washington  where  Mr. 
Smith  makes  his  business  headquarters. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  united  in  marriage, 
after  entering  business,  with  Fredericka  A.  Thielbar 
of  Peoria.  They  have  two  children,  Dorothey  E. 
Smith  and  Herbert  O.  Smith. 

The   Smith  home  is  at  217   North  University. 

Mr.  Smith  has  devoted  his  time  and  energy  to 
building  up  his  large  business  but  he  has  always 
found  time  to  devote  to  his  family  and  to  civic 
work.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club. 


Oliver  F.  Smith 


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Clarence  E.  Smith 


CLARENCE  E.   SMITH 

One  of  Peoria's  youngest  and  most  progressive 
business  enterprises  is  that  of  the  Smith  Lumber 
Company,  and  its  rather  remarkable  success  and 
growth  can  be  traced  for  the  most  part  to  the  efforts 
of  one  individual,  Clarence  Earl  Smith,  its  president. 

Mr.  Smith  was  born  at  Mackinaw,  Illinois,  Septem- 
ber 22,  1882,  the  son  of  Joseph  H.  and  Mary  Ellen 
Smith.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Bloom- 
ington,  Illinois,  and  afterward  Illinois  State  Normal 
University  at  Normal,  Illinois,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1901. 

Business  held  its  attractions  for  Mr.  Smith  early 
and  after  graduation  he  became  associated  with  Joe 
H.  Smith  &  Sons,  in  his  home  city.  In  1908  he 
came  to  Peoria  to  continue  in  the  wholesale  lumber 
business,  and  in  1919  organized  the  company  which 
bears  his  name,  buying  out  the  interests  and  hold- 
ings of  the  Knetzger  Lumber  Company.  During  his 
regime  as  chief  executive  officer  the  company  has 
grown  to  twice  its  original  size,  and  at  present  oc- 
cupies almost  two  and  one-half  times  as  much  ground 
space  as  when  it  was  inaugurated. 

Three  generations  of  the  Smith  family  have  been 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business  from  the  year  1878, 
and  it  had  been  Mr.  Smith's  ruling  ambition  for  a 
number  of  years.  Few  men  are  better  versed  in 
all  phases  of  their  businesses  than  is  Mr.  Smith. 

During  the  World  War,  Mr.  Smith  served  as  cap- 
tain in  the  88th  Division,  spending  eleven  months 
in  France,  and  at  present  is  president  of  the  Peoria 
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WARREN  SUTLIFF 

Warren  Sutliff,  wholesale  and  retail  druggist  and 
banker,  was  born  at  Terre  Haute,  Indiana,  in  1849, 
the  son  of  Theron  and  Emily  St.  Clair  Sutliff.  His 
schooling  included  studies  at  the  old  "Denney  School 
House  in  the  Woods"  and  Mr.  Sutliff  early  began  to 
make  his  own  way  in  the  world. 

During  the  twenties  Mr.  Sutliff  engaged  in  rail- 
roading in  Indiana  and  was  in  the  train  service  for 
fifteen  years.  While  still  in  the  train  service  he 
moved  from  Terre  Haute  to  Peoria  and  in  1881 
opened  the  store  which  has  been  known  for  years 
as  that  of  Sutliff  &  Case's  Drug  Store.  Even  after 
starting  this  store  he  continued  in  the  train  service 
but  left  the  road  in  1883  to  devote  all  of  his  time 
and  attention  to  the  business  which  even  then  had 
gained  much  in  size  and  showed  promise  of  develop- 
ing into  what  is  now  one  of  the  largest  wholesale  and 
retail  drug  businesses  in  the  state. 

Mr.  Sutliff  is  manager  of  Sutliff  &  Case  Company, 
director  and  vice-president  of  the  First  National 
Bank,  director  of  the  First  Trust  and  Savings  Bank, 
president  and  director  of  the  South  Side  Trust  and 
Savings  Bank,  president  and  director  of  Fon  du  Lac 
State  Bank  of  East  Peoria,  president  of  the  Com- 
mercial Travelers  Loan  and  Homestead  Association, 
Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  Peoria.  Hanna  City 
&  Western  Railroad,  director  of  the  Crescent  Coal 
Company  and  trustee  of  the  J.  C.  Proctor  Endow- 
ment. 

Not  long  after  coming  to  Peoria  Mr.  Sutliff  was 
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Walter  B.  Wilde 


WALTER  B.  WILDE 

Walter  B.  Wilde,  president  and  treasurer  of  the 
Hart  Oil  Burner  Company,  was  born  at  Washington, 
Iowa,  August  in,  1N71.  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Eliza- 
beth Harvej  Wilde,  He  attended  the  public  schools 
in  his  home  town  and  removed  to  Peoria,  January 
15,  1  goo. 

Mr.  Wilde  lias  extensive  business  interests  in 
Peoria.  Aside  from  being  president  and  treasurer 
of  the  Hart  Oil  Burner  Company  he  is  vice-presi- 
dent and  treasurer  of  the  Travis-Cadillac  Company, 
vice-president  and  director  of  the  Peoria  Malleable 
Castings  Company  and  director  of  the  Hart  Grain 
Weigher  Company. 

While  his  many  business  interests  claim  most  of  his 
time,  Mr.  Wilde  finds  time  to  engage  in  his  hobby 
of  power  boat  racing  and  power  boat  building.  Dur- 
ing the  past  few  years  he  has  become  one  of  the 
best  known  power  boat  men  in  the  Mississippi  Valley 
and  has  established  new  world  speed  records  for 
power  boats  in  the  class  which  he  has  chosen  to 
develop. 

He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Ethel  May  Ball, 
December  28,  1892,  at  Washington,  Iowa.  There 
were  two  children,  Margaret,  who  was  the  first  wife 
of  J.  Edward  Martin,  and  Marianne,  wife  of  Lionel 
V.  Tefft. 

Mr.  Wilde  is  past  president  of  the  Mississippi 
Valley  Power  Boat  Association,  in  which  organiza- 
tion he  has  taken  great  interest ;  the  Creve  Coeur 
Club ;  Country  Club  of  Peoria ;  Peoria  Automobile 
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JAMES  E.  HART 

James  E.  Hart,  prominent  in  business  and  club  life 
of  Peoria,  was  born  September  28,  1885,  in  Peoria, 
the  son  of  Michael  and  Margaret  O'Connor  Hart. 

Mr.  Hart's  early  education  was  received  in  St. 
Patrick's  Catholic  parochial  school.  Later,  upon  de- 
ciding to  engage  in  the  undertaking  business  he  at- 
tended the  Barnes  School  of  Anatomy,  Sanitary 
Science  and  Embalming  in  Chicago,  Illinois. 

Returning  to  Peoria  after  his  schooling  in  Chicago, 
Mr.  Hart  entered  the  employ  of  D.  Boland  &  Son, 
and  when  this  firm  incorporated  under  the  name  of 
J.  T.  Boland  Company,  January  1,  1919,  he  entered 
into  partnership,  and  became  secretary  and  treasurer 
of  the  company.  At  the  death  of  John  T.  Boland  he, 
with  A.  A.  Franks,  took  over  the  controlling  interest 
of  the  company  and  he  became  manager. 

Mr.  Hart  has  been  a  leader  in  his  profession.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Illinois  Funeral  Directors  and 
Embalmers  Association,  the  National  Funeral  Di- 
rectors Association,  is  past  president  of  the  Peoria 
County  Funeral  Directors  Association.  He  is  a 
member  of  Spalding  Council,  No.  427,  Knights  of 
Columbus ;  Zirab  Caravan,  No.  52,  Order  of  Alham- 
bra;  Modern  Woodmen  of  America:  the  Mystic 
Workers ;  the  Elks  Lodge,  No.  20,  and  the  Peoria 
Association  of  Commerce. 

He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Amelia  F. 
Krenz,  March  11,  1912,  at  Springfield,  Illinois,  and 
has  one  daughter,  Marie  Margaret  Hart.  The  family 
home  is  at  129  Hill  Crest  Place. 

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James   E.   Hart 


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Louis  M.  Hines 


LOUIS  M.  HINES 

No  man  in  Peoria  County  is  better  known  to  the 
public  and  more  generally  esteemed  than  Louis  M. 
Hines.  He  has  been  repeatedly  honored  by  the  citi- 
zens and  it  is  to  be  said  of  him  that  he  went  out  of 
office  as  popular  as  when  he  went  in.  No  one  man 
has  contributed  more  toward  the  success  of  the  Re- 
publican party,  of  which  he  has  been  a  life  long 
member,  and  for  which  he  has  long  given  his  best 
efforts   and    energies. 

Mr.  Hines  was  born  in  Richwoods  Township,  May 
30,  1866,  the  son  of  John  and  Laura  Corrington 
Hines.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  that  place,  and  after  leaving  school,  spent 
some  years  with  his  parents  on  a  farm  nearby. 
Visions  of  a  public-service  career  held  his  attention 
from  youth  and  he  soon  became  interested  in  politics, 
culminating  in  his  election  to  the  responsible  position 
of  sheriff  of  Peoria  County  in  1906,  when  he  made 
his  residence  in   Peoria. 

He  was  chosen  to  fill  the  post  of  county  treasurer 
from  1910  to  1914  and  previous  to  that  time  had 
been  an  active  member  of  the  Peoria  County  Board 
of    Supervisors    from    1904  to    1906. 

Mr.  Hines  also  served  a  term  as  chairman  of  the 
Grounds  and  Building  Committee  of  the  Peoria 
Fair  Association,  as  it  was  then  called,  in   1908. 

One  of  the  oldest  and  strongest  political  organiza- 
tions of  the  city,  the  Fourth  Ward  Reoublican  Club, 
has  long  numbered  Mr.  Hines  among  its  strongest 
backers.  He  has  been  active  in  promoting  the  or- 
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FREDERICK     H.     AVERY 

From  1889  until  1920,  Frederick  II.  Avery  was  actively 
engaged  in  the  house  furnishing  business,  and  with  his 
brother,  Frank  E.  Avery,  continued  and  enlarged  the  busi- 
ness which  his  father  had  started.  Since  1920,  at  which 
time  his  brother  retired  from  the  furniture  business,  he 
has  retained  his  financial  interest  in  the  various  stores 
operated  by  the  Avery  Syndicate,  but  has  not  been  actively 
engaged  in  that  work  except  in  an  advisory  capacity.  He 
is  in  the  life,  health  and  accident  insurance  business,  with 
offices  at  503  Peoria  Life  Building,  and  is  also  the  senior 
member    in    the    partnership    of    F.     H.    Avery    &    Son. 

Mr.  Avery  was  born  August  1,  1873,  at  Peoria,  Illinois, 
the  son  of  Gillman  W.  and  Ellen  H.  Avery.  He  _was 
educated  in  the  Peoria  schools  and  engaged  at  once  in 
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WALTER    G.    CAUSEY 

Walter  G.  Causey,  president  of  Walter  G.  Causey  Com- 
pany, and  also  president  of  the  State  Trust  and  Savings 
Bank  of  Peoria,  was  born  in  Peoria,  Illinois,  September 
22,  1871.  His  parents  were  Aaron  Causey,  reared  in  Ten- 
nessee, and  Sarah  A.  Blackburn  Causey,  reared  in 
Pennsylvania,    both    well    known    residents    of    Peoria. 

During  his  youth,  he  attended  the  Peoria  public  schools, 
and  later  attended  Brown's  Business  College  of  Peoria. 
Soon  after  completing  his  schooling,  Mr.  Causey  took  up 
business,  and  in  1895,  became  associated  with  Eliot  Cal- 
lender,  under  the  firm  name  of  Callender  and  Causey,  in- 
vestment bankers,  which  business  was  later  succeeded  to 
by    the    present    Walter    G.     Causey    Company. 

As  the  result  of  his  experience  in  financial  matters,  he 
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ALFRED    W.    BEASLEY 

Alfred  Wadleigh  Beasley,  principal  of  Peoria  high  school 
for  many  years,  and  later  superintendent  of  schools  of 
Peoria,  was  born  in  Ripley,  Ohio,  March  27,  1853,  a  son 
of    Nathaniel    K.    and    Susan    II.     (Wadleigh)    Beasley. 

During  his  infancy,  his  parents  removed  from  Ohio  to 
Peoria  and  Mr.  Beasley  pursued  his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  here,  graduating  from  the  high  school  in  1870. 
He  then  entered  Dartmouth  College  and  ranked  first  in 
mathematics  and  fourth  in  general  scholarship,  when  he 
graduated,  being  the  youngest  member  of  his  class.  Dur- 
ing the  next  four  years,  he  was  connected  with  the  firm  of 
Beasley  Brothers  and  Steele  Brothers  in  the  saddlery  and 
hardware  business,  and  in  1878,  began  teaching  in  the  un- 
graded school  in  South  Peoria.  A  year  later,  he  was  transfer- 
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Nash 
JOHN   A.    HAYES 

John  Arleigh  Hayes,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born 
near  Brimfield,  Illinois,  January  19,  1877,  the  son  of 
Charles   and    Elizabeth    Hindle    Hayes. 

Mr.  Hayes  attended  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Brim- 
field,  the  Western  Normal  College  and  Commercial  In- 
stitute located  at  Bushnell,  Illinois,  and  later  Harvard  Col- 
lege and  Chicago  University.  Mr.  Hayes  holds  the  degree 
of    Bachelor    of    Laws. 

With  this  splendid  preparation  for  service,  Mr.  Hayes 
chose  to  cast  his  lot  with  the  teaching  profession.  His  first 
teaching  position  was  in  the  Bramble  school  near  Brim- 
field,  then  for  five  years,  was  principal  of  schools  at 
Monica,  Illinois,  later  taking  a  similar  position  in  the 
Loucks  school  in  Peoria,  after  which  he  was  appointed 
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ROBERT   P.   JACK 

Robert  P.  Jack,  Peoria  attorney  at  law,  and  member  of 
the  firm  of  Jack,  Irwin  and  Jack,  leading  Peoria  legal  firm, 
was  born  in  Peoria  September  30,  1872,  the  son  of  Wil- 
liam and   Anna   (Irier  Jack. 

He  received  his  primary  education  in  the  public  and  high 
schools  of  the  city,  and  later  moved  East  to  study  at  Prince- 
ton University,  where  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of 
1894,    receiving   the   degree   of   bachelor   of   arts. 

After  leaving  school,  Mr.  Jack  decided  upon  a  career  before 
the  bar  like  his  father  before  him  and  for  the  next  four 
years  after  graduation  he  remained  in  Peoria,  studying  in  his 
father's  office  and  subsequently  being  admitted  to  the  practice 
of   law    in    Illinois   in    1899. 

He  practiced  for  himself  for  a  period  of  four  years,  when 
(Continued    on    Page    250) 


ALBERT    II.    KAIILER 

Probably  no  one  man  is  more  widely  known  or  more 
highly  respected  in  Peoria's  business  and  social  life  than 
Albert  H.  Kahler,  general  manager  of  Central  Illinois 
Agencies     of  the   Indianapolis   Life   Insurance  Company. 

Mr.  Kahler  first  saw  the  light  of  day  in  Tremont,  Illinois, 
March  6,  1888,  the  son  of  Gottlieb  and  Frances  Kuszmaul 
Kahler.  He  received  a  rather  meagre  education  in  the 
grammar  school  of  Norwood  in  Limestone  Township,  and 
was  forced  to  leave  after  completing  work  in  the  seventh 
grade.  His  subsequent  successful  career  in  the  life  in- 
surance and  other  businesses  has  been  largely  due  to 
persistent    effort    and     natural     executive    ability. 

After  leaving  school,  Mr.  Kahler  became  associated  with 
the  Illinois  and  Iowa  Demurrage  Bureau  remaining  in  this 
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DAVID   H.   McCLUGAGE 

David  H.  McClugage,  member  of  the  general  assembly  of 
the  State  of  Illinois,  was  born  in  Tremont,  Illinois,'  August 
26,  1880.  He  attended  school  at  Washington,  Illinois,  grad- 
uating from  its  high  school  in  1898.  Having  a  natural 
aptitude  for  politics,  he  became  a  supporter  of  the  Democrat- 
ic party  serving  as  a  member  of  its  various  committees 
and  as  chairman  of  the  township,  city  and  county  commit- 
tees, putting  forth  his  best  endeavors  to  aid  in  its  suc- 
cess. 

During  the  administration  of  President  Wilson,  he  filled 
the  offices  of  traveling  deputy  and  chief  field  deputy  in  the 
United  States  revenue  service  in  this  district,  resigning  in 
1920  to  enter  the  hotel  business  at  217  Main  Street,  Peoria, 
Illinois,    where   he    resides. 

(Continued    on    Page    250) 


JOHN    WRIGHT    McDOWELL 
John    Wright    McDowell,    manager    of    the    real    estate    de- 
partment   of    the    Title    and    Trust    Company    of    Peoria,    oc- 
cupies    a    prominent    niche    among    the     city's    business    and 
commercial   men. 

He  was  born  in  Louisville,  Kentucky,  January  13,  1867, 
the  son  of  William  Preston  and  Kate  Goldsborough  Wright 
McDowell.  He  attended  the  public  and  high  schools  of 
Louisville,  and  after  leaving  school  began  his  commercial 
activities  as  a  bookkeeper  in  a  local  bank.  He  tired  of 
banking  some  time  afterward  and  devoted  his  energies  and 
attention  to  the  railroad  business,  engaging  in  that  field  and 
after  his  removal  to  Peoria,  went  into  the  real  estate 
brokerage  business  and  he  became  manager  of  Eliot  and 
Joseph  E.  Callendar  Real  Estate  Company. 
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GEORGE    W.    MICHELL,    M.    I). 

Dr.  George  W.  Michell  is  a  specialist  in  the  treatment 
cf  mental  and  nervous  diseases.  In  connection  with  his 
profession,  he  owns  and  operates  the  Peoria  Sanitarium  at 
106  North  Glen  Oak  Avenue  and  the  Michell  Farm 
Sanitarium  on  the  Galena  road.  Not  only  has  he  followed 
the  most  advanced  methods  promulgated  by  others,  but 
has  evolved  plans  of  practice  which  have  proven  eminently 
effective  in  bringing  about  a  return  of  normal  conditions 
in    patients    afflicted    with    mental    or    nervous    ailments. 

Dr.  Michell  was  born  in  Gridley,  McLean  County,  Il- 
linois, May  18,  1876,  of  the  marriage  of  James  M.  and 
Cynthia  Ann  (Stoke)  Michell.  The  father  had  moved  to 
Gridley  from  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  was  a  native  of 
Queens  County,  Ireland,  where  he  lived  until  he  was  seven- 
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HENRY    E.    PRATT 

Henry  E.  Pratt,  prominent  Peoria  attorney,  got  his  start 
in  life  at  Arrowsmith,  Illinois,  where  he  was  born  September 
13,  1884.  His  parents  were  Robert  Henry  and  Alvina 
Dorothey  Allendorf  Pratt.  While  a  boy,  he  did  odd  jobs 
to  help  support  the  family,  continuing  to  work  in  this  way 
after  coming  to  Peoria.  He  attended  the  public  schools  in 
Peoria  and  later  studied  law,  doing  his  studying  at  night 
after  working  during  the  day.  By  close  application  to  his 
studies,  he  mastered  the  law  and  was  finally  admitted  to 
practice.  While  he  is  one  of  the  younger  members  of  the 
Peoria  bar,  he  has  tried  as  many  cases  as  many  of  the 
older  lawyers.  He  is  a  forceful  speaker  before  a  jury  and 
he   is   largely   responsible   for  his   unusual   success   in   the   law. 

Attorney  Pratt  has  been  prominent  in  Republican  politics 
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GEORGE    A.    SHURTLEFF 

Ceorge  A.  Shurtleff,  attorney,  was  born  in  Pckin,  Illinois, 
August  7,  1881,  his  parents  being  Flavel  Shurtleff  and 
Mary  L.  Rodecker  Shurtleff.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
in    Pekin,    graduating    from    the    Pekin    high    school. 

After  completing  his  high  school  course,  Mr.  Shurtleff 
went  to  Galesburg  and  attended  Knox  College,  graduating 
with  an  A.B.  degree  in  1903.  He  supplemented  his  Knox 
College  education  with  a  course  at  Harvard  law  school, 
graduating    in    1906    with    a   degree    of    LL.B. 

Upon  returning  from  Harvard,  he  removed  to  Peoria  and 
after  being  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1906,  began  the  practice 
of  law.  For  a  few  months,  he  practiced  alone  and  then 
became  associated  with  Attorney  Walter  Kirk,  the  firm  being 
Kirk  and  Shurtleff.  Attorney  Kirk  passed  away  in  the  fall 
of    1924. 

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DAN    R.    SHEEN 

Dan  R.  Sheen,  who  recently  was  honored  by  the  Peoria 
Bar  on  the  occasion  of  his  fiftieth  year  of  continuous  law 
practice  in  Peoria,  received  his  law  training  in  the  office 
of  Robert  Ingersoll.  Colonel  Ingersoll  was  at  that  time 
in  the  height  of  his  reputation  as  a  lawyer  and  orator  and 
Mr.  Sheen  absorbed  from  him  a  generous  amount  of  in- 
spiration which  has  actuated  him  ever  since.  From  1872 
to  1874,  Mr.  Sheen  studied  law  under  this  master  and  was 
admitted  to  practice  law  at  Mount  Vernon  at  the  June  term 
in  1874.  His  first  law  partner  was  Thomas  J.  Black,  a 
nephew  of  Colonel  Ingersoll,  who  is  now  a  judge  in  the 
West. 

Mr.  Sheen  was  born  in  Peoria  County,  November  29,  1852, 
his  parents  being  Peter  Sheen  and  Melissa  Robinson  Sheen. 
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HIRAM    EUGENE    TODD 

Hiram  Eugene  Todd,  prominent  Peoria  attorney,  was  born 
in  Kankakee,  Illinois,  September  10,  1874,  the  son  of 
Major   Walter  W.    and   Asentha    Gerard   Todd. 

Visions  of  a  career  before  the  bar  held  his  attention  from 
boyhood,  and  after  graduating  from  the  public  and  high 
schools  of  his  home  city,  he  matriculated  in  the  University 
of  Illinois,  where  he  studied  for  a  time.  He  later  moved 
to  Chicago,  continuing  his  legal  studies  at  the  Kent  College 
of  Law,  and  graduating  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Laws   in    1897. 

He    was    admitted    to    the    Illinois    bar    in    that    same    year, 

and   established    himself   in    Peoria   soon   after,    practicing    law 

until     1915,    when     he     formed    the    legal     firm     of    Tichenor, 

Todd,    Wilson    and     Barnett,    one    of    the    city's    best    known 

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DR.  GEORGE  ANTHONY  ZFLLER 
Dr.  George  A.  Zeller,  superintendent  of  the  Peoria  State 
Hospital,  eminent  alienist  and  executive,  was  born  in  Spring 
Bay,  Woodford  County,  Illinois,  in  1858.  His  parents  were 
Dr.  John  George  Zeller  and  Fredericka  Caroline  Nicholas 
Zeller,  prominent  residents  of  that  community  which  in 
early  days  was  one  of  the  important  river  towns  of  Illinois. 
After  three  years  at  the  LTniversity  of  Illinois,  he 
matriculated  in  the  St.  Louis  Medical  College  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1879.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  practicing 
his  profession  continuously  excepting  one  year  in  which 
he   attended   clinics    in    Europe. 

In    1898,    Dr.    Zeller    became    superintendent    of   the    Peoria 
State     Hospital,     serving     in     that     responsible     position     until 
1 914.     He    was    given    a    leave    of    absence    during    the    War 
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HARRY   BATES 

One  of  the  best  known  personages  of  Peoria's  busi- 
ness world  is  Harry  A.  Bates,  proprietor  of  the  city's 
largest  millwright  and  woodworking  establishment, 
who  has  been  actively  connected  in  the  business  in 
the  city  for  a  number  of  years. 

Mr.  Bates  was  born  in  Altica,  Indiana,  August  16, 
1859,  the  son  of  Alfred  and  Susan  Mosier  Bates. 
He  attended  grammar  and  high  school  at  Watseka, 
Illinois,  and  later  moved  to  this  city,  where  he  joined 
the  employ  of  Snow  and  Bates,  prominent  wood- 
working and  cabinet  makinar  firm  of  those  days. 
Some  thirty-eight  years  ago  Mr.  Bates  bought  out 
the  business  and  has  managed  the  firm  for  the  past 
thirty  years,  working  in  the  same  location,  which 
has  been  enlarged  considerably  to  meet  the  needs 
of  the  growing  business. 

Mr.  Bates  is  prominent  in  Peoria  Masonic  circles, 
being  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  Noble  of 
Mohammed  Shrine,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Peoria 
Bicycle  Club,  one  of  the  city's  oldest  and  most 
famous  organizations. 

Mr.  Bates  was  married  to  Miss  Alice  M.  Thomp- 
son, August  9,  1894,  in  Peoria,  and  is  the  father  of 
one  child,  Ruth. 

Mr.  Bates'  business  address  is  at  616  North  Mon- 
roe Street,  and  he  resides  at  51Q  Green  Street. 


DOUGLAS    H.    BETHARD 

One  of  Peoria's  biggest  business  men,  one  who  has  earned, 
better  say  commanded,  the  respect  of  business  associates 
everywhere,  is  Douglas  H.  Bethard,  president  of  the  Jobst- 
Bethard  Company,  one  of  the  largest  wholesale  grocery 
houses  in  this  district;  and  director  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Peoria,  The  American  Milling  Company  and  other 
enterprises. 

Mr.  Bethard's  business  career  reads  more  like  a  page  out 
of  fiction  than  actual  achievement.  The  story  of  his  rise 
from  errand  boy  to  the  chief  executive  of  the  large  business 
which  he  now  heads,  is  spelled  in  letters  of  hard  earnest 
endeavor,  coupled  with   rare  business   ability. 

Mr.  Bethard  was  born  in  Chillicothe,  Ohio,  in  1858,  and 
moved  westward  and  to  Peoria  with  his  parents  about  eleven 
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CARL   MARTIN    BEHRMAN 

One  of  Peoria's  most  prominent  legal  lights  is  Carl  Mar- 
tin Behrman,  attorney  at  law,  and  referee  in  bankruptcy 
for   the    United    States    Court   of   this    district   since    191 8. 

Mr.  Behrman  was  born  in  Bloomington,  Illinois,  the  son 
of  William  and  Elizabeth  Behrman.  He  attended  the  gram- 
mar and  high  schools  of  his  home  city,  afterward 
matriculating  to  Columbian  College,  and  in  1907,  to  George- 
town University  in  Washington,  District  of  Columbia,  and 
still  later  at  George  Washington  University  in  Washington, 
where    he    graduated    and    received    a    LL.B.    degree    in    191 1. 

In    that    same    year,    Mr.     Behrman    was    admitted    to    the 

Supreme    Court    of    the    District    of    Columbia,    and    in    the 

following    year    was    accorded    a    like    honor    in    the    State    of 

Illinois.      During   his   stay    in    the   nation's    capital,    Mr.    Behr- 

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IRA    .TENNER    COVEY 

Ira  Tenner  Covey,  prominent  Peoria  attorney  at  law,  was 
born  October  26,  1872,  at  Belvedere,  Illinois,  the  son  of 
Edwin    A.    and    Elizabeth    Diamond    Covey. 

He  began  his  preparation  for  a  career  before  the  bar  at 
Beloit  College,  Beloit,  Wisconsin,  later  taking  up  his  legal 
research  at  Illinois  Wesleyan  University  at  Bloomington, 
Illinois.  After  graduation  and  subsequent  admission  to  the 
practice  of  law  in  this  state,  Mr.  Covey  started  the  prac- 
tice of  his  chosen  profession  in  Peoria  in  1893.  He  has 
been  actively  engaged  in  practice  ever  since,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  well  known  legal  partnership  of  Covey,  Campbell 
and    Covey. 

Mr.  Covey  has  been  honored  by  public  office  on  various 
occasions  during  his  stay  in  Peoria.  He  served  as  alder- 
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EDWIN    V.    CHAMPION 

Edwin  Van  Meter  Champion,  prominent  attorney  and 
political  leader,  was  born  in  Mansfield,  Illinois,  September 
18,  1890,  and  lived  in  that  community  until  1912,  when 
lie   came   to    Peoria   and   began    the   practice   of   law. 

He  attended  the  public  schools  in  Mansfield,  graduated 
from  the  high  school,  and  then  attended  the  University 
of  Illinois  law  school,  graduating  in  1902,  with  the  degree 
of  LL.B.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  the  same  year  of 
his  graduation  and  immediately  began  to  practice.  He  was 
admitted  also  to  practice  in  the  United  States  District  Court 
of  this  district,  the  United  States  District  Court  of  Ap- 
peals  of   Chicago,    and   the    Illinois   State    Supreme    Court. 

He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Bertha  Eignus,  of 
Eorrest,    Illinois,    June    30,    1922. 

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JOI1X     ROBERT    COLEMAN 

John  Robert  Coleman,  manager  of  the  Peoria  Division  of 
the  Standard  Oil  Company,  was  born  in  Peoria,  December 
24,  1876,  the  son  of  William  Henry  and  Elizabeth  Ket- 
telle    Coleman. 

_  He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  the 
city  and  graduated  from  the  Peoria  high  school  with  the 
class  of  1896,  immediately  going  into  business  life.  Some 
twenty-four  years  ago,  he  accepted  his  first  position  with 
the  Standard  Oil  Company,  in  the  Peoria  Division,  working 
as  a  clerk.  The  remainder  of  the  story  of  his  rise  to  his 
present  responsible  position  with  the  company  is  told  in 
terms  of  honest  labor  and  struggle — the  old  story  of  ambi- 
tion   and    effort. 

During    the    World    War    period,    none    were    more    active 
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THOMAS    JOSEPH    CODY 

A  prominent  figure  in  Peoria's  business  and  political  life 
is  Thomas  Joseph  Cody,  proprietor  of  one  of  the  largest 
plumbing    contracting    firms    in    and    around    the    city. 

Mr.  Cody  was  born  in  Peoria,  August  24,  1874,  the  son 
of  Michael  and  Anna  Whalen  Cody.  He  received  his 
primary  education  in  the  grammar  and  parochial  schools  of 
the  city,  and  soon  afterward  became  interested  in  various 
commercial    enterprises    in    his    home    city. 

In  1890,  Mr.  Cody  entered  the  plumbing  business  as  an 
apprentice,  and  by  1906,  had  made  such  rapid  strides  as 
to  be  able  to  open  his  own  shop,  a  rather  modest  affair, 
but  which  grew  under  his  management  until  it  reached  its 
present  large  proportions.  His  firm  handles  as  much  busi- 
ness at  present  as  any  like  firm  in  this  part  of  Illinois. 
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CHARLES    L.    CRAWFORD 

High  up  in  the  names  of  Peoria's  prominent  retail 
merchants  is  that  of  Charles  L.  Crawford,  for  years  one 
of    the    city's    leading    jewelers    and    silversmiths. 

Mr.  Crawford  was  born  in  Dixon,  Illinois,  July  26, 
1862,  the  son  of  James  Harvey  and  Catherine  C.  Brush 
Crawford.  He  began  his  early  pursuit  of  knowledge  in  the 
public  school  of  Morris,  Illinois,  later  taking  commercial 
work    at    the     Sloate     Business    College    of    that    place. 

After  leaving  school,  Mr.  Crawford  became  associated 
with  the  S.  J.  C.  Peterson  Jew.elry  Company,  of  Morris, 
Illinois,  remaining  here  for  three  years.  Afterward  he 
spent  three  years  with  the  Marquart  Company  of  Des 
Moines,  Iowa.  He  then  moved  to  Chicago,  where  he  joined 
the  employ  of  the  (liles  Brothers  Jewelry  Company,  working 
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JOHN    E.    DOUGHERTY 

No  more  encouraging  example  for  the  struggling  young 
legal  student  could  be  cited  than  the  eventful  career  of 
John  E.  Dougherty,  Peoria  attorney,  who  has  risen  by  dint 
of  earnest  endeavor  to  a  prominent  place  among  the  city's 
legal    advisers. 

His  parents  desired  that  he  become  a  physician,  however, 
he  refused  to  abandon  plans  of  a  career  at  the  bar,  and 
after  graduating  from  the  public  schools  of  Chillicothe, 
headed  straight  for  Chicago,  where  he  attended  North- 
western   law    school. 

After  passing  the  state  bar  examination,  he  entered  the 
law  office  of  the  firm  of  Quinn  and  Quinn,  where  he  re- 
mained for  two  years,  later  serving  for  three  years  as 
assistant  United  States  attorney  from  1016  to  1919.  He 
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WILLIAM    H.    DAY 

One  of  Peoria's  best  known  merchants  is  William  H.  Day, 
prominently  associated  with  the  Day  Carpet  and  Furniture 
Company,    Peoria    merchandise    house. 

Mr.  Day  was  born  in  Grafton,  Vermont,  March  3,  1845, 
the  son  of  William  H.  and  Abbie  Woolley  Day.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  Vermont,  and  at  an  early  age, 
turned    his   attention    to    merchandising   pursuits. 

He  became  connected  with  one  commercial  enterprise  and 
then  another,  finally  locating  with  Day  Brothers  and  Com- 
pany, of  Peoria,  a  well  known  firm  of  the  day,  and 
managed   by   his   uncle,   in    i860,    remaining   there    until    1900. 

In  1900,  Mr.  Day  organized  the  present  Day  Carpet  and 
Furniture  Company,  which  has  claimed  his  undivided  at- 
tention   ever    since. 

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CHESTER    O.    FISCHER 

Chester  O.  Fischer,  general  agent  of  the  Massachusetts 
Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  was  born  in  St.  Louis, 
Missouri,  July  25,  1891,  the  son  of  Charles  O.  and  Em- 
meline    Raub    Fischer. 

He  attended  the  public  schools  of  the  Missouri  metrop- 
olis, graduating  from  the  McKinley  High  School  of  that 
city,  and  the  following  fall,  left  for  Urbana,  Illinois,  to 
attend  the  University  of  Illinois,  where  he  received  an 
LL.B.  degree  in  1912.  While  there,  he  was  a  popular  mem- 
ber   of    Kappa    Sigma    national    fraternity. 

After  leaving  the  university,  he  became  associated  with 
the  legal  firm  of  Burton  and  Hamilton  of  Peoria,  work- 
ing there  from  July,  191 2,  to  December  of  1913.  At  this 
time,  he  became  intensely  interested  in  life  insurance,  and 
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ROSCOE     CHARLES     FREDERICK 

Roscoe  Charles  Frederick,  Peoria  attorney  and  many 
times  justice  of  the  peace  in  this  district,  was  born  in 
Sullivan,  Illinois,  September  1,  1885,  the  son  of  Henry  L. 
and    Mary   Frederick. 

Here  it  was  that  he  received  his  early  education  and 
here  it  was  that  he  first  began  planning  a  legal  career, 
shortly  after  his  graduation  from  the  Sullivan  High  School 
in  1907.  In  the  fall  of  that  year,  he  bade  the  little  city  of 
his  youth  farewell  and  matriculated  to  the  University  of 
Illinois,  where  he  was  graduated  with  an  LL.B.  degree  in 
191  o. 

Shortly  afterward,  he  came  to  Peoria  to  engage  in  the 
practice  of  his  chosen  profession,  having  passed  the  bar 
examination  in  that  same  year,  and  two  years  later,  in 
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LOUIS    J.    GAUSS 

Louis  J.  Gauss,  one  of  the  foremost  Masonic  workers  in 
the  City  of  Peoria,  clerk  of  Peoria  County  and  well  known 
Peoria  business  man,  was  born  in  Peoria,  September  17, 
1882,    the   son    of    William    P.    and    Louisa    Pothoff    Gauss. 

He  first  began  his  quest  for  knowledge  in  the  Old  Lin- 
coln School  of  Peoria,  subsequently  studying  at  the  Peoria 
IIikIi  School,  and  after  graduation  at  the  latter  place,  en- 
rolled   as    a    student    at    Brown's    Business    College. 

After  leaving  school,  Mr.  Gauss  turned  his,  energies  and 
attention  to  commercial  pursuits  and  after  September, 
191 2,  engaged  in  the  undertaking  business,  in  which 
he  has  enjoyed  unusual  success,  being  at  present  partner 
in  the  Gauss  Undertaking  Company,  one  of  the  city's  lead- 
ing firms  of  the  kind,  with  a  funeral  chapel  located  at 
in    North   Perry   Avenue. 

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ERNES!     JOHN    GALBRAITH 
Ernest   John    Galbraith,    state's   attorney   of    Peoria    County, 
was     born     in     Kankakee,     Illinois,     October     27,     1885,     the 
son    of   John    S.    and    Margaret    Walton    Galbraith. 

From  early  childhood,  his  plans  were  being  definitely  laid 
for  a  legal  career,  and  after  graduating  from  the  grammar 
and  public  schools  of  Decatur,  Illinois,  having  moved  there 
with  his  parents  some  time  previous,  he  was  a  student  at 
the  University  of  Illinois,  and  at  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania.  His  legal  education  was  secured  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Wisconsin,  graduating  with  a  LL.B.  degree  in 
1909. 

After   leaving   school,    he   went   into   the    law    office   of   Dan 
R.    Sheen,    and    later   became   the    partner   of   Judge    Winslow 
Evans,    where    he    remained    for    years,    and    left    to    accept 
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Nicholson 
ROSCOE    HERGET 

Roscoe  Herget,  prominent  Peoria  attorney,  first  saw  the 
light  of  day  in  this  city,  August  17,  1888.  He  is  the  son 
of  John  M.  and  Minnie  Gebhardt  Herget,  old  Peoria  residents 
before    him. 

Starting  out  with  the  idea  of  a  career  before  the  bar 
early  in  life,  he  shaped  his  early  education  with  his  great- 
est desire  uppermost,  and  after  graduating  from  the  Peoria 
public  schools,  attended  Illinois  Wesleyan  University  at 
Bloomington,  Illinois,  where  he  was  graduated  with  the 
degree   of   Bachelor   of   Laws   in    191 3. 

After    leaving    school,    he    became    associated    with    the    law 
firm    of    Stevens,    Miller    and    Elliott    for    three    years,    after- 
ward joining  the   office  of  Judge  L.    O.    Eagleton,   with   whom 
he   is   now   associated    in    general    practice.      He    was    admitted 
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CLIFFORD     I.     HIRT 

From  an  humble  start  in  business  to  the  proprietorship  of 
one  of  the  largest  baking  corporations  in  the  state  is  the 
accomplishment  of  Clifford  I.  Hirt,  president  of  the  Hirt 
Baking     Corporation,     Peoria. 

Mr.  Hirt  was  born  in  Peoria,  July  19,  1883,  the  son  of 
Henry  G.  Hirt  and  Mary  M.  Moorehouse.  During  his 
boyhood,  he  worked  for  his  father,  and  attended  the  public 
schools.  He  supplemented  his  high  school  education  with 
a  course  in  Brown's  Business  College,  so  as  the  better  to 
equip  him  for  a  business  career.  Later  he  attended  Brad- 
ley Institute,  the  Habemaas  School  of  Baking  in  Cincin- 
nati, and  completed  the  Sheldon  school  course  in  business 
administration. 

Engaging  in  the  baking  business,  Mr.  Hirt  steadily  de- 
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JAY    T.    HUNTER 

Probably  no  one  occupies  a  more  enviable  place  ,  in  the 
history  of  Peoria  jurisprudence  than  does  Jay  T.  Hunter, 
attorney,  member  of  the  legal  firm  of  Hunter,  Page  and 
Kavanaugh,  and  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Dime 
Savings  and  Trust  Company,  and  the  Title  and  Trust  Com- 
pany. 

Mr.  Hunter  was  born  in  Peoria,  July  21,  1873,  the  son 
of  Thomas  and  Corlin  Sloan  Hunter.  He  was  educated  in 
the  city's  public  school  system,  graduating  from  the  Peoria 
high    school,    and    later    attending    Cornell    University. 

He  engaged  early   in  the  practice  of   law  here   shortly  after 

being  admitted   to   the   Illinois  bar   in   December  of    1899,   and 

was     prominently     associated     with     the     law     firm     of     Page, 

Wead     and     Hunter,     then     with     Page,     Wead,     Hunter    and 

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GEORGE  W.  HUNT 
Lawyer  (f.  Hunt,  Montgomery  &  Kelly);  b.  May  8, 
1875,  Ipava,  Illinois;  s.  Hiram  (b.  Feb.  14,  1818,  Albany, 
N.  Y.)  and  Catherine  (McKee)  Hunt  (b.  Dec.  18,  1835, 
Dublin,  Ireland).  Grad.  111.  St.  Normal  Univ.,  1897;  Prin. 
Granville  H.  S.,  1898-1901;  Supt.  Schs.  Putnam  Co.,  1902- 
10;  Grad.  U.  of  111.,  1904,  LL.B.;  Sec.  to  C.  E.  Stone, 
Justice  of  the  111.  Sup.  Ct.,  1918 — ;  married  Ruby  Hopkins, 
June  20,  1907;  children:  Leland  Hopkins  Hunt,  b.  May  4, 
191 1 ;  Marion  Eugene  Hunt,  b.  Nov.  22,  1916.  Devotes  en- 
tire time  to  practice  of  law, — wins  some  suits  and  loses 
the  rest.  Res.  220  No.  Institute  Place,  Peoria,  111.;  bus. 
add.    900-903    Peoria    Life    Bldg.,    do. 


JOHN    W.    HARTZ 

John  Wilson  Hartz,  secretary-treasurer  and  manager  of 
Couch  &  Heyle  Hardware  Company,  Peoria,  was  born  April 
24,  1877,  in  Peoria.  His  parents  were  Samuel  B.  and 
Stata  Buckner  Hartz.  He  attended  the  old  White  school  ■ 
and  supplemented  his  public  school  work  with  a  business 
course    at    Brown's,    graduating    in    1893. 

Mr.  Hartz  engaged  in  business  in  June,  1904,  when  he 
was  a  young  man  and  steadily  rose  to  a  place  of  great 
prominence  in  the  business  world.  Aside  from  being  secre- 
tary-treasurer and  manager  of  the  large  hardware  company, 
he  is  connected  with  several  industrial  companies.  He 
served  as  president  of  the  Retail  Merchants'  Association  in 
1915,  and  irt  1924,  served  as  president  of  the  Kiwanis  Club 
of  Peoria,  and  of  the  Boys  of  the  Old  White  school.  He 
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FRANK    A.    HALL 

One  of  those  most  responsible  for  the  good  government 
and  public  safety  of  the  City  of  Peoria,  is  Frank  A.  Hall, 
attorney  and  police  magistrate,  who  has  served  as  justice 
of  the  peace  in  the  city  for  over  thirteen  years,  and  when 
present  term  of  police  magistrate  closes,  he  will  have  com- 
pleted five  years  in  that  position,  making  eighteen  years  as 
justice     of    the    peace    and     police    magistrate. 

Mr.  Hall  is  a  life-long  Peoria  resident,  having  been  born 
here,  August  1,  1882,  the  son  of  A.  E.  and  Lina  Piles 
Hall,  and  having  received  his  primary  education  in  the 
Peoria  public  schools.  He  later  matriculated  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Illinois,  entering  the  law  school,  where  he  was 
subsequently     graduated     with    an     LL.B.     degree    in     1907. 

After  leaving  college,  he  returned  to  Peoria  to  engage  in 
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WILLIAM  EDWARD  JOHNSTON 
William  E.  Johnston,  president  of  the  Johnston-Moody 
Company  and  of  the  Peoria  Automobile  and  Accessory  Deal- 
ers' Association,  was  born  November  3,  1875,  at  St.  Mary's, 
Ontario,  Canada.  His  parents  were  James  H.  and  Ellen  Fry 
Johnston. 

Mr.  Johnston  received  his  schooling  at  Aylmer,  Ontario. 
Prior  to  the  organization  of  the  Johnston-Moody  Company, 
he  was  a  traveling  salesman  selling  heavy  machinery  for 
the  Colean  Manufacturing  Company.  Twelve  years  ago,  he 
entered  the  automobile  business,  organizing  the  company  of 
Johnston-Moody  Company,  and  has  been  president  since 
the  start.  The  company  not  only  has  a  flourishing  and 
growing  business  in  Peoria,  but  has  branch  offices  in  Spring- 
field and  Bloomington.  He  is  vice-president  and  general 
manager  of  the  Peoria  Motor  Coach  Line. 
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HENRY   F.    KIRCHER 

Henry  F.  Kircher,  manufacturers'  representative,  and 
chairman  of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Peoria  County  dur- 
ing a  very  successful  and  progressive  term,  was  born  in 
St.  Louis,  Missouri,  July  19,  1878.  His  parents  were  Henry 
C.  Kircher  and  Amelia  Spiece  Kircher.  He  came  to  Peoria 
at  an  early  age,  and  attended  the  public  schools.  After 
leaving  school,  he  entered  on  a  business  career  and  by  per- 
sistent work  has  become  one  of  the  substantial  business 
men    of    the    community. 

While  his  life  has  been  largely  occupied  with  business 
which  has  claimed  his  personal  attention.  Mr.  Kircher  has 
found  time  to  devote  to  civic  work.  While  a  member  of 
the  board  of  supervisors  and  chairman  of  that  board,  he 
devoted  much  time  to  good  advantage  in  improving  the 
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FRANK   J.    KEATING 

F.  J.  Keating,  investment  banker,  was  born  in  Streator, 
Illinois,  in  1877,  the  son  of  James  A.  Keating  and  Margaret 
Eileen  McStay  Keating.  He  attended  school  in  the  Streator 
grade  schools,  later  taking  the  high  school  course  at  the 
Sacred  Heart  school  in  Streator.  After  graduating  from 
high  school,  he  was  a  student  at  St.  Viator's  college  and 
then    at    Bradley    Polytechnic    Institute,    Peoria. 

Since  completing  his  college  work,  he  has  been  engaged 
in  electrical  engineering  work,  was  state  bank  examiner  for 
eight  years  and  is  now  directing  the  business  of  F.  J.  Keat- 
ing, bonds  and  mortgages,  and  is  financially  interested  in 
other   businesses. 

He  is  at  the  head  of  the  Keating  Company,  developers  of 
electrical  devices,  and  is  interested  in  the  Automatic  Burner 
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WILLIAM     M.     KENNY 

A  prominent  figure  in  Peoria  public  life  is  William 
Michael  Kenny,  fire  marshal,  and  one  of  the  veteran  public 
servants    of    the    city. 

Mr.  Kenny  was  born  in  Peoria,  October  7,  1878,  the  son 
of  Michael  and  Mary  Nolan  Kenny.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  the  city,  and  shortly  after 
leaving  his  class  rooms,  decided  to  apply  for  a  position  on 
the    city    fire    department. 

He  was  entered  in  the  city's  service  as  fire  alarm  opera- 
tor at  the  city  hall  on  June  7,  1897,  having  exclusive  charge 
of  the  fire  alarm  department.  He  later  went  into  active 
service  as  fireman  at  the  Central  engine  house,  serving  in 
that  capacity  until  191 7,  when  as  a  reward  for  faithful  and 
meritorious  service,  he  was  appointed  to  the  responsible 
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ELWOOD     RAYMOND     KROOS 
Elwood     Raymond     Kroos,     prominent     insurance     adjuster 
representing    the    public,    was   born    in    Stoughton,    Wisconsin, 
November    28,    1881,    the    son    of   Henry    William   and   Lizette 
Weisbruch    Kroos. 

While  still  very  young,  Mr.  Kroos  moved  with  his 
parents  to  Peoria,  where  he  received  his  early  education  in 
the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  this  city.  Business  life 
held  its  attractions  for  him  quite  early  and  he  studied  at 
Brown's    Business    College    in    Peoria    for    a    time. 

After  leaving  school,  Mr.  Kroos  became  associated  with 
the  hardware  business  of  H.  Sandmeyer  and  Company,  well 
known  firm  of  the  day.  He  left  in  1904  to  accept  a  posi- 
tion with  the  Globe  Manufacturing  Company  in  the  retail 
and  jobbing  end  of  the  paint  and  varnish  business,  holding 
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EDGAR    JOSEPH    KAIIN 

Edgar  Joseph  Kahn,  president  of  the  National  Cooperage 
and  Woodenware  Company,  one  of  Peoria's  largest  and  most 
progressive  industrial  concerns,  was  born  in  Riverton,  Il- 
linois, October  25,  1877,  the  son  of  Jacob  and  Rosa  Wolf- 
ner    Kahn. 

At  an  early  age,  Mr.  Kahn  and  his  parents  moved  to 
Peoria,  and  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  this  city, 
later  studying  at  Manual  Training  High  School  of  St.  Louis, 
Missouri. 

After  leaving  school,  Mr.  Kahn  returned  again  to  Peoria, 
entering  the  employ  of  the  Merchants'  National  Bank  here 
as  clerk.  He  remained  in  this  position  for  three  years,  leav- 
ing to  accept  a  position  with  the  National  Cooperage  Com- 
pany. He  was  later  advanced  to  the  position  of  manager 
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RALPH    C.    LOWES 

Ralph  Clement  Lowes,  Illinois  State  Manager  for  The 
Lincoln  National  Life  Insurance  Company,  was  born  in 
Barrow-in-Furness,  Lancashire,  England,  October  7,  1869, 
the  son  of  Ralph  and  Isabella  Peverall  Lowes.  He  attended, 
private  schools  in  England  and  matriculated  at  Airedale 
Independent  College.  Shortly  afterwards  he  won  a  scholar- 
ship to  King's  College,  Aberdeen  University,  Scotland.  He 
has    received    the   A.    M.    degree   in    philosophy. 

He  was  united  in  marriage  in  England  with  Miss  Mary 
A.  Brown.  There  are  four  children,  Ralph  C,  Jr.,  Florence 
E.,    Kenneth    B.,    and    E.    Peverall. 

Coming  to  the  United  States,  Mr.  Lowes  located  in  New 
York  City,  where  he  became  private  secretary  to  the  late 
John  C.  Havemeyer.  Later  he  became  connected  with  the 
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HUGO    V.    LUCAS 

Hugo  V.  Lucas,  president  and  treasurer  of  A.  Lucas 
and  Sons,  manufacturers  of  structural  steel,  fabricating, 
ornamental  and  plate  work,  was  born  in  Peoria,  June  25, 
1864.  His  parents  were  Adam  and  Anna  E.  Erkes  Lucas, 
prominent   pioneers   of  this   community. 

After  leaving  school,  Mr.  Lucas  worked  for  his  father, 
who  was  in  the  safe  manufacturing  business,  learning  first 
hand  the  steel  and  iron  working  trade.  The  company  over 
which  his  father  presided  had  been  organized  in  1857,  and 
was  known  all  over  the  country  for  its  products.  Mr.  Lucas 
remained  with  this  organization  and  aided  materially  in 
further  developing  it.  As  Peoria  progressed  the  Lucas  com- 
pany progressed  and  it  is  now  one  of  the  strongest  and 
most  progressive  institutions  of  its  type  in  the  country. 
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HENRY  WHITCOMB  LYNCH 
Henry  W.  Lynch,  banker  and  wholesale  coal  dealer,  was 
born  in  Magnolia,  Illinois,  July  26,  1857,  his  parents  being 
Jesse  and  Harriet  Whitcomb  Lynch.  He  attended  grade  and 
high  school  and  then  enrolled  in  the  University  of  Illinois. 
Upon  leaving  college,  he  accepted  a  position  as  agent  of 
the  T.  P.  &  W.  and  Wabash  at  Sheldon,  Illinois,  holding 
that  position  from  1881  to  1888.  While  in  Sheldon,  he 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Frances  Baldwin,  of  Ox- 
ford,   Indiana. 

Coming  to  Peoria,  in  1888,  Mr.  Lynch  entered  the  coal 
and  grain  business  and  has  made  a  success  in  business.  He 
is  now  in  the  wholesale  coal  business.  He  is  vice-president 
of  the  Central  National  Bank  of  Peoria,  and  a  director  of 
the    Dime    Savings    and    Trust    Company. 

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CHARLES    LOVERIDGE 

Charles  Loveridge,  well  known  florist  and  business  man, 
learned  the  florist  business  in  England  at  a  time  when  that 
country  was  a  world  leader  in  floriculture.  He  had  been 
born  in  Iloniton,  England,  April  26,  i860,  the  son  of  Wil- 
liam and  Clarabel  Hill  Loveridge.  He  worked  on  a  farm 
until  he  was  twenty  years  of  age,  and  then  entered  the 
florist  business,  serving  six  years  under  one  of  the  leading 
flower    authorities    of    that    country. 

When  twenty-six  years  of  age,  Mr.  Loveridge  came  to 
America,  engaging  in  the  same  vocation.  He  came  to 
Peoria  from  Chicago,  December  9,  1889,  and  engaged  in 
business  for  himself  after  being  in  charge  of  the  James  C. 
Murray  greenhouse.  Mr.  Loveridge,  in  a  short  time,  not 
only  developed  a  large  and  flourishing  business,  but  became 
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G.    C.    McFADDEN 

G.  C.  McFadden  comes  from  one  of  Peoria's  pioneer 
families.  His  father  was  county  surveyor,  back  in  the 
fifties,   when    Peoria    was   but   a    village. 

Mr.  McFadden  was  born  in  Chillicothe.  His  boyhood 
was  spent  mainly  in  Chicago,  where  he  received  his  early 
education  in  the  Chicago  public  schools.  As  a  youth,  he 
attended  the  Vermont  Kpiscopal  schools  at  Burlington,  Ver- 
mont, and  his  college  days  were  spent  at  Illinois  Wesleyan 
University. 

After  the  close  of  his  college  career,  Mr.  McFadden 
moved  to  Havana  and  entered  the  firm  of  McFadden  and 
Company,  which  firm  operates  a  line  of  country  elevators. 
Later  he  moved  to  Peoria  and  established  the  grain  commis- 
sion house  known  as  G.  C.  McFadden  and  Company,  re- 
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SHELTON    F.     McGRATH 

Shelton  F.  McGrath,  prominent  lawyer  and  former  mem- 
ber of  the  Illinois  general  assembly,  was  born  at  Mount 
Pulaski,  Illinois,  February  25,  1881.  His  parents  were 
Patrick    L.    and    Harriet    Snyder    McGrath. 

He  attended  the  public  schools  and  graduated  from  the 
Lincoln  high  school  at  Lincoln,  Illinois.  Then  he  entered 
Illinois  Wesleyan  University  at  Bloomington,  Illinois,  grad- 
uating in  1906  with  a  degree  of  LL.B.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  during  1906,  and  began  the  practice  of  law  in 
Bloomington. 

In    the    fall    of    1907,    Mr.    McGrath   came   to    Peoria,   where 

he  became  associated  with  the   firm  of  Quinn   and   Quinn  and 

later    was    made    a    member    of    this     firm,     the     name    being 

changed    to    Quinn,     Quinn    ami     McCrath.      He    severed    his 

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RODNEY     MITCHELL 

A  well  known  personage  in  Peoria  business  circles  is 
Rodney  Mitchell,  proprietor  of  the  Rodney  Mitchell  Com- 
pany,   Peoria    book-binding    and    printing    firm. 

Mr.  Mitchell  was  born  in  Peoria,  April  5,  1849,  the  son  of 
Andrew  and  Elizabeth  Starr  Mitchell.  He  received  his 
early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Peoria,  and  after 
leaving  school  became  interested  in  the  book-binding  busi- 
ness at   which   he   has   worked   practically  all   his   life. 

It  was  in  1863,  that  Mr.  Mitchell  became  associated  with 
the  Peoria  Transcript,  and  was  foreman  of  their  book-bind- 
ing department  from  1874  to  1881,  when  he  established  the 
Rodney    Mitchell    Company. 

During  Mr.  Mitchell's  business  career  in  Peoria,  he  has 
become  an  indispensable  part  of  many  commercial  firms' 
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HARRY   DALE   MORGAN 

Harry  Dale  Morgan,  Peoria  attorney  and  member  of  the 
firm  of  McRoberts  and  Morgan,  one  of  the  city's  leading 
legal  firms;  was  born  in  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  January  23, 
1885,  the  son  of  Albert   Rufus  and   Mary   Secilia   Morgan. 

He  moved  to  Peoria  in  1889  and  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  the  city.  He  later 
enrolled  as  a  student  at  Bradley  Polytechnic  Institute  where 
he  graduated  in  1904;  and  received  his  degree  of  bachelor 
of  arts  from  the  University  of  Chicago  with  the  class  of 
1906. 

After  graduation  Mr.  Morgan  studied  law  at  the  University 
of  Chicago  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1909.  Im- 
mediately thereafter  he  went  to  work  in  the  law  office  of 
Pinkney  and  McRoberts,  well  known  legal  firm  of  the  day. 
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EUGENE    OSBORN 

Eugene  Osborn,  president  of  the  Eugene  Osborn  Com- 
pany, well  known  Peoria  investment  house,  was  born  in 
Ishpeming,  Michigan,  June  4,  1888,  the  son  of  Eugene 
Ernest    and    Ada    Gibbs    Osborn. 

At  an  early  age,  he  moved  with  his  parents  to  Montclair, 
New  Jersey,  and  later  attended  the  Hotchkiss  Preparatory 
school  at  Lakeville,  Connecticut,  preparing  for  the  alma 
mater  of  his  father,  Yale  University,  graduating  from  the 
Sheffield    Scientific    School    with    the    class    of    1910. 

After  leaving  school,  he  accepted  a  position  with  the 
Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railroad,  locating  at  Norfolk, 
Nebraska.  Five  years  of  railroad  life  tired  him,  however, 
and  he  went  to  work  in  the  employ  of  the  Citizens'  Bank 
of  Frederick,  Maryland.  From  the  year  191 5  to  1918, 
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CARLOS    B.    ROWLEY 

Carlos  B.  Rowley,  president  of  the  International  Under- 
writers with  extensive  office  in  Peoria,  was  born  in  the  City 
of  Marshall,  Michigan,  October  1,  1877,  the  son  of  Frank  Y. 
and   Anna   Smith    Rowley. 

He  attended  the  public  grammar  and  high  schools  of  the 
town,  and  after  some  years  matriculated  to  Olivet  college, 
located  at  Olivet,  Michigan,  where  he  received  a  degree  in 
the  year  1898.  Business  held  all  the  attractions  for  the 
enterprising  young  graduate,  and  after  a  four-year  period 
spent  in  the  vicinity  of  his  home  town,  he  came  to  Peoria, 
taking  the  position  of  state  manager  of  the  Scotten-Dillon 
Tobacco  Company.  In  191 1,  like  many  of  his  predecessors, 
he  became  attracted  to  life  insurance,  and  soon  afterward 
became  associated  with  the  Peoria  Life  Insurance  Company, 
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WILLIAM    B.    REED 

William  15.  Reed,  investment  broker  of  Peoria,  financial 
agent  for  Mrs.  Walter  Barker  of  the  city,  and  president  of 
the  Peoria  Board  of  Education,  was  born  in  Cambridge, 
Illinois,  March  29,  1877,  the  son  of  George  M.  and  Rosa 
Morse   Reed. 

He  graduated  from  the  high  school  of  Cambridge,  and 
later  graduated  from  the  Davenport  Business  College  at 
Davenport,    Iowa. 

After  leaving  school,  Mr.  Reed  went  into  the  Farmers' 
National  Bank  of  Cambridge,  and  after  a  two-year  apprentice- 
ship there,  came  to  Peoria  in  1896,  entering  the  First 
National  Bank,  and  in  1901,  left  its  employ  to  accept  the 
position  of  paying  teller  in  the  Commercial  National  Bank 
of   Peoria. 

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ROBERT   SCHOENFELD 

The  name  of  Robert  Schoenfeld  has  long  been  prominent- 
ly associated  with  commercial  enterprises  in  the  City  of 
Peoria.  He  is  at  present  one  of  the  city's  leading  invest- 
ment brokers,  and  secretary-treasurer  of  the  Jones-Schoen- 
feld    Company,    premium    advertising    firm. 

Mr.  Schoenfeld  was  born  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  January  3, 
1872,  the  son  of  August  and  Dorothea  Brand  Schoenfeld. 
He  attended  public  school  here,  and  in  1885,  became  as- 
sociated with  the  well  known  firm  of  Marshall  Field  Company, 
of  Chicago,  where  he  remained  until  1900,  when  he  engaged 
in  the  dry  goods  mercantile  business  on  his  own.  In  1914, 
Mr.  Schoenfeld  organized  the  Sixty-third  and  Halsted  Street 
State  Savings  Bank,  serving  as  president  for  three  years, 
when  he  came  to  the  P.  A.  Bergner  Company  of  Peoria, 
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Burkhardt 
CHARLES    F.    BARTSON 

From  baseball  to  contracting  and  from  contracting  to  city 
management  is  the  story  of  Charles  F.  Bartson.  Mr.  Bart- 
son  is  commissioner  of  public  works  of  the  City  of  Peoria 
and  in  this  office  has  charge  of  the  street,  sewer  and  engineer- 
ing departments  of  Peoria,  a  service  for  which  through  six- 
teen years  of  general  contracting  he  is  admirably  well  fitted. 
He  assumed  the  office  May   5,   1925. 

In  his  early  career  Mr.  Bartson  spent  twelve  years  as  a 
professional  baseball  pitcher  and  during  this  period  played 
with  various  major  and  minor  league  teams.  He  played 
with  Omaha  in  1886,  Peoria  in  1887  and  1888,  Buffalo  in 
1889,  Chicago  in  1890,  Minneapolis  in  1891,  Rock  Island  in 
1892,  and  was  a  member  of  teams  of  numerous  other  cities 
at  various  times.  In  his  contracting  work  he  has  principally 
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ROSS    H.    STRAIN 

A  career  of  business  successes  along  widely  varied  lines 
is  that  of  Ross  II.  Strain,  well  known  Peoria  business  man, 
and  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Strain,  Canterberry  and 
Company. 

He  was  born  in  Oakland  City,  Indiana,  October  18,  1870, 
the  son  of  Albert  Fisher  and  Martha  E.  Hargrove  Strain, 
but  while  still  very  young,  moved  with  his  parents  to 
Princeton,  Indiana,  where  he  attended  public  and  high 
school,  later  matriculating  to  Southern  Indiana  State  Nor- 
mal   College   at   that   place. 

It  was  soon  after  this  that  Mr.  Strain  started  his  actual 
career  in  the  world  of  business.  He  moved  to  Indianapolis, 
Indiana,  in  1892,  and  bent  his  efforts  toward  an  achieve- 
ment in  the  live  stock  commission  business  there.  He  re- 
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EARL    BUELL    WILLIAMSON 
Earl     Buen     Williamson,     prominent     Peoria     attorney     and 
corporation     counsel     for     the     city,     was     born     in     Bushnell, 
Illinois,    August    19,    1888,    the    son    of    Matthew   and    Sybilla 
Potter    Williamson. 

He!  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Canton,  Illinois,  and  in  1906,  matriculated  to  the  Univer- 
sity of  Illinois  where  he  began  studying  for  that  which  had 
held  his  attention  for  many  years — a  career  before  the  bar. 
In  1910,  Mr.  Williamson  entered  Kent  College  of  Law  in 
Chicago,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1913.  Also  later 
he  took  a  post-graduate  course  at  Hamilton  College  of  Law. 
It  was  in  1902,  that  Mr.  Williamson  first  got  practical  ex- 
perience in  legal  matters,  working  in  the  law  offices  of 
Chipperfield  and  Chipperfield,  prominent  legal  partnership  of 
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Burkhardt 
WALTER    PETER    BACKES 

Walter  P.  Backes,  city  engineer  of  the  City  of  Peoria, 
was  born  in  Peoria,  March  16,  1884,  the  son  of  Adam  P. 
and  Mary  (Voigt)  Backes.  He  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  Peoria  public  schools  and  is  a  graduate  of  the 
Spalding  Institute,  1903.  His  edvication  in  engineering  was 
secured  at  the  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute  at  Troy, 
New  York,  which  he  finished  with  degree  of  C.E.  in  191 1 
and  previous  to  becoming  city  engineer  of  Peoria  was 
chief  engineer  with  the  Crescent  Coal  Company  in  its  La 
Marsh  coal  fields  project  at  Peoria,  a  capacity  in  which  he 
was  engaged  from  1918  to  1925,  and  a  work  in  which  he 
continues  to  hold  place  as  consulting  engineer.  He  became 
city   engineer   of   Peoria,    May    5,    1925. 

In    his    early    career,    Mr.    Backes    spent    four    years,    from 
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WALTER    WILLIAMS 

Walter  Williams,  prominent  Peoria  business  man,  and 
well  known_  fraternally  throughout  Illinois,  was  born  in 
Macomb,  Illinois,  September  4,  1884,  the  son  of  Oliver  W., 
and    Catherine    Cassidy    Williams. 

He  received  his  primary  education  at  Macomb,  attending 
the  public  schools  of  his  home  city,  and  soon  afterward 
turned  his  attention  to  business,  moving  to  Peoria.  From 
the  years,  1904  to  1910,  he  was  superintendent)  of  the  In- 
terstate Telephone  Company,  in  this  city,  and  in  the  lat- 
ter year,  accepted  the  position  of  manager  of  the  Peoria 
Artificial    Ice    Company,    remaining    here    for    two    seasons. 

In  1912,  Mr.  Williams  was  offered  the  post  of  manager 
of  the  Behrends  Ice  and  Fuel  Company  and  two  years 
later,  left  to  enter  the  service  of  the  United  States  Govern- 
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IRA    W.    WOLFNER 

Among  the  most  prominent  of  the  younger  business  men 
is  Ira  W.  Wolfner,  first  vice-president  and  secretary  of 
the  National  Cooperage  and  Woodenware  Company,  one  of 
Peoria's    largest    industries. 

Mr.  Wolfner  was  born  in  Peoria  in  May,  1888,  the  son 
of  William  F.  and  Sophia  Wolfner.  He  is  a  graduate  of 
the  public  and  high  schools  of  this  city,  and  from  1905  to 
1909,  was  a  student  in  mechanical  engineering  at  the 
Massachusetts    Institute   of   Technology   in    Boston. 

Immediately  after  leaving  college,  he  became  associated 
with  the  Cooperage  Company,  where  he  served  successively 
as  assistant  treasurer  and  treasurer  and  on  the  death  of 
his  father,  William  F.  Wolfner,  in  1921,  was  elected  to  his 
present  office  with  the  Cooperage  Company. 
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EUGENE    BROWN 

There  is  perhaps  no  better  or  more  popularly  known  figure 
in  Peoria  business  and  civic  workers'  circles,  than  Eugene 
Brown,  home  community  developer,  member  of  the  Brown 
Brothers  real  estate  firm  of  Peoria,  and  familiarly  known 
to    the    entire    city    as    "Gene." 

Few  men,  if  any,  hold  the  widespread  acquaintance  and 
high  reputation  that  Mr.  Brown  enjoys.  In  practically  every 
movement  for  civic  betterment  inaugurated  in  Peoria  in 
recent  years,  Mr.  Brown  has  taken  an  active  part,  and  his 
fame  as  a  business  executive  has  spread  to  many  cities  in 
the  mid-section  of  Illinois.  His  accomplishments  in  the 
home  development  line  have  gained  him  well  spread  recogni- 
tion  abroad  as   well   as   in   Peoria. 

Mr.  Brown  was  born  in  Elmwood,  Illinois,  August  9, 
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NATHAN     H.     WEISS 

From  an  immigrant  lad,  coming  to  Peoria,  at  the  age  of 
six  years,  from  Austria-Hungary,  where  he  had  been  born, 
Nathan  H.  Weiss  has  developed  into  one  of  the  substantial 
and  successful  lawyers  of  Central  Illinois.  His  parents 
were  Samuel  and  Julia  Schantzer  Weiss  and  Nathan  was 
born    March    3,     1883. 

After  coming  to  Peoria,  he  enrolled  in  the  public  schools 
and  showed  unusual  aptitude  for  study,  completing  the 
high   school   course   at   the   age   of   sixteen. 

Mr.  Weiss  studied  law  in  the  offices  of  I.  J.  Levinson  and 
Frank  J.  Quinn,  supporting  himself  by  doing  stenographic 
work  and  court  reporting.  At  the  same  time,  he  studied 
law  with  the  Chicago  Correspondence  School  of  Law,  re- 
ceiving the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1904.  He  was  admitted  to 
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JOHN    B.    WILTON 

John  B.  Wilton,  president  of  the  Wilton  Mortuary,  one 
of  Peoria's  large  undertaking  establishments,  director  of 
the  Peoria  Loan  and  Homestead  Association,  and  of  the 
South  Side  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  was  born  in  Beach- 
ville,  Ontario,  Canada,  December  26,  1862,  the  son  of 
Richard   and    Ann    Bennett   Wilton. 

He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Beachville,  and  after  engaging  in  numerous  commercial 
enterprises  in  the  Northland,  came  to  Peoria,  May  9,  1884; 
starting  out  in  the  undertaking  business  under  James  Ben- 
nett, a  well  known  Peoria  business  man  and  ex-coroner.  He 
worked  under  Bennett  until  1891,  when  he  bought  out  the 
latter's  interest  and  started  out  on  his  own.  Under  his 
management  the  firm,  small  in  those  early  days,  has  grown 
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EDWARD    II.    WALKER 

One  of  Peoria's  really  successful  business  men  is  Edward 
H.  Walker,  president  of  the  Isaac  Walker  Hardware  Com- 
pany. Mr.  Walker  is  also  vice-president  of  the  First  Trust 
and  Savings  Bank,  and  on  the  board  of  directors  of  both 
the  First  National  and  First  Trust  and  Savings  Banks  of 
the  city. 

Starting  out  in  life  in  Peoria,  June  4,  1851,  the  son  of 
Isaac  Walker  and  Sarah  Mcllvaine  Walker,  he  received  his 
early  education  in  Peoria  grammar  and  high  schools,  grad- 
uating   from    the    latter    in    1869. 

The  hardware  business  held  its  early  attractions  for  him, 
and  he  became  associated  at  that  early  date  with  the  com- 
pany of  which  he  now  is  executive  officer.  The  company 
had  been  organized  in  1842  by  his  father  in  conjunction 
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THEODORE    PENFIELD    WALKER 
A    career    fully    as    interesting   and    colorful    as    many    read 
about    in    fiction    is    that    of    Theodore    Penfield    Walker,    vice- 
president    of    the    Commercial    Solvents    Corporation,    one    of 
the    city's    leading    manufacturing    concerns. 

Major  Walker  first  saw  the  light  of  day  in  Penfield,  Ohio, 
September  4,  1886,  the  son  of  Theodore  C.  and  Emma  Catt 
Walker.  He  received  his  primary  education  in  Aurora, 
Missouri,  graduating  from  the  public  and  high  school,  and 
later  matriculated  in  Drury  College  at  Springfield,  Missouri, 
receiving  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science  with  the  class 
of   1908. 

After   leaving   school,    Mr.    Walker    felt    the    lure    of    adven- 
ture,  and   this,  augmented   by   a   natural   desire   to   travel,   was 
responsible   for  a   period   of   service  as   a   commissioned   officer 
(Continued    on    Page    256) 


FREDERICK    E.    ZIMMERMAN 
Frederick     E.     Zimmerman,     well     known     Peoria     business 
executive   and    present    head    of   the    Washington    Dairy    Com- 
pany,  was   born   in    Washington,    Illinois,   April    11,    1877,   the 
son    of   John    and    Eva    F.    Siebold    Zimmerman. 

Mr.  Zimmerman  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  birth- 
place; but  soon  after  leaving  school,  turned  his  efforts  to- 
wards business  pursuits,  finally  becoming  interested  in  the 
commercial  end  of  dairying.  He  has  made  unusual  progress 
in  this  line  of  business  and  at  present  is  owner  of  the 
Zimmerman  Dairy  Company,  booming  concern  of  Washington, 
Illinois,  and  president  and  general  manager  of  the  Wash- 
ington   Dairy    Company    of    Peoria. 

Mr.     Zimmerman's     progress     in     his     chosen    field     of    en- 
deavor   speaks    of    the    reward    of    honest    labor    and    energy. 
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HERBERT  EDMUND  HEWITT 
Herbert  Edmund  Hewitt,  one  of  Illinois'  leading  architects, 
was  born  in  Bloomington,  Illinois,  July  20,  1871,  the  son  of 
Charles  Edmund  and  Helen  1  hompson  Hewitt.  He  grad- 
uated from  the  Peoria  High  School  in  1880.  From  1889  to 
1891  he  attended  the  University  of  Illinois.  After  a  year 
in  a  Chicago  architect's  office  two  years  were  spent  at  the 
Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology,  and  the  following 
year,  1894-1895,  was  at  the  University  of  Chicago.  He  re- 
ceived his  B.S.  degree  from  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology. 

Mr.  Hewitt  began  the  practice  of  architecture  in  Peoria  in 
1897  and  has  practiced  continuously  since  that  time,  the  firm 
of  Hewitt  and  Emerson  having  designed  many  of  the  largest 
and  most  artistic  buildings  in  Central  Illinois. 

Mr.  Hewitt  is  president  of  the  Art  Institute  of  Peoria, 
secretary-treasurer  of  the  Main  and  Perry  Building  Corpora- 
tion, past  president  of  Central  Illinois  Chapter,  American 
Institute  of  Architects,  and  member  of  the  examining  com- 
mission for  architects  for  the  State  of  Illinois.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Country  Club  of  Peoria, 
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FRANK  NELSON  EMERSON 

Frank  Nelson  Emerson,  architect,  was  born  in  Peoria, 
Illinois,  September  18,  1876.  His  parents  were  George  F. 
and  Harriet  C.  Woodruff  Emerson.  His  early  schooling  was 
received  in  the  Peoria  public  schools  and  he  graduated  from 
the  Peoria  High  School  in   1894. 

His  classical  and  professional  education  was  received  in 
Princeton  University  and  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology.  He  completed  his  Princeton  studies  in  1898  and 
the  course  at  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology  in  1901. 
The  following  years,  two  of  which  were  spent  in  Europe,  were 
devoted  to  additional  architectural  preparation  at  the  Ecole 
des  Beaux  Arts,  Paris,  and  as  draughtsman  in  a  New  York 
office. 

In  1909  Mr.  Emerson  returned  to  his  former  home  in 
Peoria  and  began  the  active  practice  of  his  profession.  He 
united  with  Herbert  E.  Hewitt  in  the  firm  of  Hewitt  and 
Emerson  and  this  firm  rapidly  became  known  as  one  of  the 
best    architectural    firms    in    the    state. 

Aside  from  his  professional  work,  Mr.  Emerson  has  taken 
a  wide  interest  in  art  and  community  affairs  and  he  has 
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EUGENE  I".  BALDWIN 
(Continued  from  I'age  191) 
with  his  parents  early  in  life  and  for  a  few  years  after 
reaching  manhood  «;is  engaged  as  a  school  teacher.  It  was 
while  he  was  teaching  school  he  began  to  contribute  to 
newspapers  under  the  cognomen  of  "Snooks."  These  con- 
tributions attracted  wide  attention.  Mr.  Baldwin's  first 
adventure  in  the  held  of  daily  journalism  was  in  the  year 
1878  when  with  J.  B.  Barnes,  since  deceased,  lie  came  to  the 
City  of  Peoria  and  established  the  Peoria  Daily  Journal. 
Under  the  management  of  Messrs.  Barnes  and  Baldwin 
the  paper  grew  in  influence  and  circulation  until  it  became 
one  of  the  foremost  down-state  newspapers  in  Illinois.  In 
1892  Mr.  Baldwin  withdrew-  from  the  partnership  which  had 
s..  long  existed  between  himself  and  Mr.  Barnes  and  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  patent  medicine  with  ("has.  II. 
Powell  who  had  been  associated  with  him  on  the  Journal. 
This  adventure  proved  disastrous  financially  and  for  a  brief 
period  Mr.  Baldwin  devoted  himself  to  literature.  One  of 
his  books  still  read  and  quoted  was  written  in  co-operation 
with  Rabbi  Eisenberg  a  distinguished  Jewish  prelate,  "Dr. 
C'arvallo."  In  the  summer  of  1897  Mr.  Baldwin  and  Mr. 
Powell  conceived  the  idea  of  establishing  an  independent 
newspaper,  one  that  should  meet  with  the  needs  of  the 
growing  City  of  Peoria.  Owing  to  the  fact  that  financial 
reverses  had  overtaken  them,  neither  had  any  money  and 
very  little  credit.  In  order  to  test  out  the  probability  of 
success,  it  was  determined  to  send  out  solicitors  with  the 
announcement  that  Eugene  Baldwin  proposed  to  start  an- 
Other  paper  in  Peoria.  So  well  established  was  his  reputa- 
tion and  so  keen  were  the  people  of  Peoria  for  a  resumption 
of  his  editorial  writings  that  within  a  comparatively  short 
time  more  than  five  thousand  subscribers  had  been  secured, 
before  it  was  certain  that  a  paper  would  be  published  and 
before  a  name  had  been  decided  upon.  This  seemed  to 
assure  the  success  of  the  enterprise  and  the  publishers  set 
out  to  get  a  press.  Without  money  and  without  credit  this 
was  something  of  a  task.  The  press  was  secured,  a  few 
printers  employed  and  the  Star  started  on  a  more  or  less 
vicarious  existence.  Mr.  Baldwin  delighted  in  after  years 
to  recount  the  experiences  gained  in  putting  the  Star  on  its 
feet.  The  new  paper  speedily  made  its  influence  felt  in 
the  community.  Peoria  was  no  stranger  to  Mr.  Baldwin's 
editorial  ability.  His  courage  in  discussing  public  ques- 
tions, his  acute  perception  and  his  ability  to  discover  and 
strip  the  mask  from  rascality  no  matter  how  well  com- 
cealed  or  how  high  the  places  in  which  it  lurked,  were  well 
known,  but  the  Star  soon  gained  a  reputation  far  in  excess 
of  any  other  paper  with  which  he  had  been  connected. 
Within  a  few  brief  years  the  circulation  mounted  by  leaps 
and  bounds  until  it  had  been  multiplied  fivefold.  The  in- 
fluence and  standing  of  the  paper  kept  pace  with  its  circu- 
lation and  it  speedily  became  the  best  known,  the  most  con- 
sulted and  by  far  the  most  influential  paper  in  Central  Illinois. 
Mr.  Powell  who  had  been  business  manager  of  the  Star  died 
in  the  year  1902.  After  a  brief  period  Mr.  Harry  M.  Powell, 
a  nephew  of  C.  H.  Powell,  who  had  been  associated  with 
Mr.  Baldwin  in  publishing  the  Star  since  its  beginning, 
became  business   manager. 

As  an  editor  Mr.  Baldwin  was  a  survival  of  earlier  days  of 
journalism.  He  was  one  of  the  last  of  those  fine  old-time 
editors  who  gave  character  to  their  paper,  impressing  upon 
it  indelibly  the  mark  of  their  own  personality.  Increasing 
power  and  prosperity  had  no  effect  upon  this  characteristic. 
He  never  adopted  the  modern  editorial  method  of  hedging 
himself  about  with  pomp  and  ceremony.  No  office  boy  ever 
had  a  place  in  the  Star  office.  Seated  at  his  big  desk,  near 
the  entrance  he  was  as  readily  and  quickly  approachable  as 
the  most  unimportant  employee.  The  unknown  visitor  com- 
ing to  ask  advice  or  help  received  as  prompt  a  hearing  as 
the  most  important  representative  of  a  corporation;  the 
beggar  was  never  refused  a  hearing  and  seldom  went  away 
empty-handed. 

Few  men  have  made  as  deep  an  impression  upon  the 
community  in  which  he  lived  and  labored  as  did  Mr.  Baldwin. 
It  was   often   said   of   him   that   "Baldwin   was   the    Star." 

Mr.  Baldwin  was  born  in  Watertown,  Connecticut,  Decem- 
ber 1,  1840.  He  was  the  son  of  Stephen  and  Julia  Pardee 
Baldwin,  members  of  an  old  puritan  family.  ITis  father 
was  a  deacon  in  the  Congregational  Church,  as  his  father 
before  him,  and  the  young  man  was  brought  up  in  a  strong 
Calvinistic  atmosphere  and  the  influence  derived  at  this 
early  age  continued  with  him  throughout  life. 

Stephen  Baldwin  came  West  in  1855  and  settled  with  his 
family  in  Milwaukee.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  then 
fifteen  years  of  age.  He  entered  the  high  school  at  Mil- 
waukee and  graduated  therefrom  with  honors.  Opportunities 
for  young  men  to  advance  in  the  world  were  not  as  plentiful 
then  as  now  and  when  Mr.  Baldwin  came  to  strike  out  for 
himself   he   decided   to   become  a   school   teacher.      In    i860   he 


secured    a    position    as    school    teacher    and    later    gave    this    up 
and      went     to     the      Normal      School      near      I"  ,  At 

that   time   he  appears   to   have   decided   upon    teaching   as  a   life 
profession.      Later    he   seems   to   have   changed    his   mind,    foi 

we  find  him  a  year  or  so  later  working  at  a  carpenti  r's  bench 
at  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana,  whither  his  father  had  moved  from 
Milwaukee.  In  186]  he  enlisted  as  a  member  of  the  Twelfth 
Indiana  Volunteers,  serving  until  the  year  1863  whin  hi 
discharged  as  an  invalid.  Mr.  Baldwin  was  captured  by  the 
Confederates  ami  was  held  a  prisoner  for  Some  time.  In 
the  year  1864  he  came  to  Chillicothe,  Illinois,  having  re- 
gained his  health,  and  secured  a  position  as  principal  of 
public  school  in  that  city.  He  made  such  a  success  as  a 
teacher  in  Chillicothe  that  he  so, ,11  attracted  the  attention  of 
the  school  authorities  of  this  city  and  was  called  to  I'eoria 
to  take  charge  of  the  ..Id  First  Ward  School.  Later  he 
became  local  editor  of  the  Peoria  Transcript.  Thus  began  a 
newspaper  career  which  continued  for  fifty  years.  Aftet 
Serving  for  four  years  on  the  Transcript  he  moved  to  El  I'aso 
and  purchased  the  El  Paso  Journal.  Still  later  with  Robt. 
A.  Burdett  who  afterward  became  famous  as  a  humorist 
and  with  k.  A.  Sheldon,  started  the  Peoria  keview.  The 
Review  lasted  three  years.  Then  he  went  to  Rock  Island 
and  for  a  brief  period  edited  the  Rock  Island  Union.  lie 
again  returned  to  El  Paso  and  formed  partnership  with  J.  B. 
Barnes. 

Mr.  Baldwin  was  married  April  23,  1866,  to  Miss  Sarah 
J.  Frances  Cove  of  McLean  County,  Illinois,  who  succeeded 
him  as  president  of  the  Peoria  Star  Company  and  publisher 
of  the  paper.  Three  children  were  born  of  this  union,  Ethel, 
deceased;  Frank  E.  Baldwin,  one  of  the  best  known  physicians 
and  surgeons  in  Central  Illinois  and  a  young  man  of  many 
and  varied  accomplishments,  and  Miss  Mildred  Sidney  Bald- 
win, who  like  her  famous  father,  has  achieved  distinction 
as  a  writer  and  whose  artistic  temperament  has  led  her  to 
many    fields   of   endeavor. 

Mrs.  Baldwin,  like  her  husband,  is  a  woman  of  literary 
gifts  and  discernment  and  was  of  great  assistance  to  her 
husband  in  his  newspaper  and  literary  labors.  Mrs.  Baldwin 
is  a  truly  remarkable  woman.  She  is  a  great  believer  in 
outdoor  life  and  spends  her  summers  in  Maine  and  her 
winters    in    Florida. 

In  1878  Mr.  Baldwin  came  to  Peoria  and  established  the 
Journal   as   above   referred   to. 

*      *      * 

M.  M.  BAKEk 
(Continued  from  Page  192) 
in  1917  the  entire  facilities  of  the  Holt  Peoria  plant  were 
devoted  to  the  production  of  these  tractors  for  the  U.  S. 
Government.  During  this  period,  Mr.  Baker  was  closely 
identified  with  the  entire  plans  of  the  V.  S.  Army  for  the 
production  of  "Caterpillar"  Tractors,  as  well  as  tanks  built 
under   numerous   Holt  patents. 

kecently  The  Holt  Manufacturing  Company  was  taken 
over  by  Caterpillar  Tractor  Company,  a  new  corporation 
operating  several  plants  and  the  largest  manufacturers  in  the 
world  of  heavy  duty  tractors.  In  this  company,  Mr.  Baker 
is   vice-president   and    director. 

In  addition  to  his  work  as  vice-president  and  manager 
of  the  Peoria  plant,  Mr.  Baker  has  extensive  farming  in- 
terests near  Peoria.  His  kobin's  Nest  Farm  is  equipped 
and  operated  as  a  model  dairy  farm,  with  a  large  herd  of 
registered  Guernsey  cattle,  and  one  of  the  few  farms  in  the 
Central  West  equipped  to  supply  certified  milk.  He  is  also 
a  director  of  the  Merchants  and  Illinois  National  Bank  of 
Peoria  and  is  interested  in  various  other  business  organiza- 
tions. For  a  number  of  years  he  was  director  of  the  Peoria 
Association  of  Commerce  and  recently  completed  a  term  as 
president. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Country  Club 
of  Peoria,  Mt.  Hawley  Country  Club,  Illinois  Valley  Yacht 
Club  and  Union  League  Club  of  Chicago.  He  is  a  Shriner, 
a  32d  degree  Mason  and  a  member  of  Knights  of   Pythias. 

On  April  20,  1904,  at  LaGrange,  Illinois,  near  Chicago, 
he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary  E.  Lyman. 
There  are  three  children:  Lyman,  Mary  Cossett  and  Emily. 
The  Baker  home  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  in  Peoria  and 
is  at  480  Moss  Avenue.  Mr.  Baker's  business  office  is  at 
Caterpillar   Tractor   Company,    East    Peoria. 

BOSS   STRAWN  WALLACE 

( Continued   from   Page   200) 
which    he    is    vice-president,    and    the    Peoria    Association    of 
Commerce  of  which   he  is  a   director. 

On  June  1,  1898,  Mr.  Wallace  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Jessie  Waring  of  Washington,  Illinois.  There 
are  three  children:  Margaret  (now  Mrs.  Margaret  Crawley, 
Flint,     Michigan).     Helen    Louise    and     Eleanor. 

The  Wallace  home  is  at  172  Fredonia  Avenue  and  Mr. 
Wallace's  business  address  is  at  the  Central  Illinois  Light 
Company. 


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KM  MET  C.  MAY 
(Continued  from  Page  193) 
Maj  and  his  associates.  For  five  years,  Mr.  May  was  vice- 
president  and  in  1908,  was  elevated  to  the  presidency,  a 
position  he  now  holds.  Under  his  direction  the  company 
has  become  one  of  the  large  life  insurance  companies  of  the 
Mississippi  Valley  and  has  erected  the  magnificent  sky- 
scraper at  Main  and  Jefferson.  Recently  the  executives  of 
the  Peoria  Life  Insurance  Company,  largely  through  Pres- 
ident May's  influence,  organized  the  Bank  of  Peoria,  which 
is  now  in  operation  with  banking  quarters  on  the  main 
floor    of    the    Peoria    Life    Building. 

Aside  from  being  president  of  the  Peoria  Life  Insurance 
Company  and  of  the  Bank  of  Peoria,  Mr.  May  is  a  director 
of  the  Merchants  and  Illinois  National  Bank  and  of  the 
Home    Savings   and    State    Bank. 

He  has  been  an  active  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club 
for  a  number  of  years  and  was  president  of  that  club  last 
year.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  University  Club  and  the 
Rotary    Club. 

Mr.  May  has  been  a  resident  of  Peoria  for  twenty-seven 
years,    having   come    here    on    the    first   of    September,    1897. 

He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Ella  M.  O'Hara, 
November     19,     1898,     in     Peoria    and     has    one    son,     Walter 

E.  May,  who  is  a  director  in  the  insurance  company  of 
which    the    father    is    president. 

Mr.     May    resides    at    414    Illinois    Avenue.      His    business 
address   is    in   the    Peoria   Life    Building. 
*      *      * 

THEODORE    KUHL 
(Continued   from   Page    196) 
to   develop   in   his   own   organization   other   keen   business   men 
and   leading   executives. 

On  the  fourth  of  June,  1885,  in  Peoria,  Mr.  Kuhl  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Harriet  Noyes  Hurd,  who 
passed  away  October  25,  1922.  There  is  one  daughter,  Nina 
Kuhl   Tyler. 

Mr.  Kuhl  was  one  of  the  charter  members  of  the  Creve 
Coeur  Club  and  was  its  first  president.  He  was  also  a 
charter  member  of  the  Country  Club.  He  has  been  actively 
connected    with    the    Y.     M.     C.    A.,    Temple    Lodge    No.    46, 

F.  &  A.  M.,  Peoria  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  Peoria  Com- 
mandery,  K.  T.,  Mohammed  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S. 
and    the    Second    Presbyterian    Church. 

He  has  been  a  leader  in  civic  work  of  various  kinds  and 
has    been    a    consistent    supporter    of   all    worthy    causes. 

His  business  address  is  at  the  Block  &  Kuhl  Company 
store   and   his   residence   is   at   209    Randolph   Avenue. 

WALTER  TEIS  SMITH 
(Continued  from  Page  199) 
He  has  served  as  president  and  vice-president  of  the  Peoria 
Retail  Merchants  Association,  as  second  vice-president  of 
the  Peoria  Association  of  Commerce,  and  treasurer  of  the 
Greater  Peoria  Exposition,  tie  was  also  for  a  time  pres- 
ident of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church    of    Pekin,    Illinois. 

During  the  late  war,  Mr.  Smith  was  prominent  in  the 
ranks  of  those  public-spirited  citizens  largely  responsible  for 
the  success  of  the  Liberty  Loan  drives  and  other  patriotic 
activities. 

Mr.  Smith  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  and  Univer- 
sity Clubs  of  Peoria,  or  the  Tazewell  Club  of  Pekin,  Illinois, 
and    of    the    Pekin    Country    Club. 

He  was  married  in  Pekin,  Illinois,  October  28,  1896,  to 
Miss  Grace  Rupert,  and  is  the  father  of  one  child,  Franklin 
Rupert    Smith. 

Mr.  Smith  is  a  member  of  Beta  Theta  Pi  College  Fraterni- 
ty and  Phi  Delta  Phi  Legal  Fraternity.  Winner  of  Johnston 
Prize  for  legal  essay  at  Columbia  University,  June,  1888, 
and  Chronicle  Prize  for  short  story  at  University  of 
Michigan    in    1886. 

ARTHUR    JAMES    HARTLEY 
(Continued   from   Page   203) 

Mr.  Hartley  has  had  charge  of  the  designing  and  build- 
ing of  the  present  line  of  machinery  of  the  Hart  Company 
and    is    patentee   of   the    inventions    of    the    company. 

Mr.  Hartley  is  also  vice-president  of  the  Hart  Oil-Burner 
Company,    and   president   of   the    Hill-Top    Mining    Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Peoria  Coun- 
try Club,  Peoria  Automobile  Club,  the  Optimist  Club  and 
the    Elks. 

He  always  has  been  and  is  deeply  interested  in  all  civic 
work  of  the  city  and  in  all  associations  pertaining  to  busi- 
ness and  manufacturing.  He  is  vice-president  of  the 
Peoria  Manufacturers'  and  Merchants'  Association,  and  is 
an  active  member  of  Illinois  Manufacturers'  Association, 
Peoria  Association  of  Commerce,  the  National  Association  of 
Commerce    and    other    kindred    organizations. 

On  May  7,  1921,  Mr.  Hartley  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Neta  Slagle  at  Chicago,  Illinois.  They  reside  at 
2004  Knoxville  Avenue  and  Mr.  Hartley's  business  office 
is   at    Eaton   and    Water    Streets. 

Although  only  a  resident  of  Peoria  since  191 3,  when  he 
came  here  from  Decatur,  Illinois,  he  is  widely  known  as 
a    progressive    and    influential    citizen. 


JAMES     B.     DOOLEY 
(Continued   from    Page   202) 
ability    as    a    business    man     was    recognized    early    and    this, 
together    with    the    knowledge    of    the    coal     business    gained 
while   he   was    a   miner   and    mine   superintendent,   contributed 
greatly    to    his    success. 

In  Peoria,  February  25,  1885,  Mr.  Dooley  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Fredrica  Schultz  of  this  city.  There  is 
one    son,    Edward    J. 

Mr.  Dooley  has  always  been  active  in  civic  affairs,  although 
the  major  part  of  his  time  has  been  devoted  to  his  own 
business.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Kiwanis 
Club,  Grand  Order  of  Foresters  and  the  Association  of  Com- 
merce. 

He   lives    in   a   beautiful    house   at    207    Barker   Avenue   and 
his   business   address   is    1201    South    Washington    Street. 
*      *      * 

HARRY    B.    PINKERTON 
(Continued   from   Page   204) 
of    president    of    the    Illinois    Automobile    Trade    Association. 
He   is  at   present   president   of  the   Peoria   Automobile   Club. 

Mr.  Pinkerton  has  long  been  active  in  promoting  and 
backing  civic  movements  for  the  betterment  of  Peoria.  Dur- 
ing the  late  war,  he  served  on  every  one  of  the  Liberty 
Loan  drives  and  was  instrumental  in  "Putting  Over"  many 
of    the    patriotic    activities    of    the    day. 

Few  men  are  better  known  in  a  social  and  fraternal  way. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  the  Peoria  Coun- 
try Club,  the  University  Club  of  Peoria,  the  Peoria  Auto- 
mobile and  Optimist  Clubs,  Modern  Woodmen  of  America, 
and    a    thirty-second    degree    Mason    and    Shriner. 

In  1893,  Mr.  Pinkerton  married  Miss  Mae  Gertrude 
Rynearson;  and  to  this  union  three  children  were  born: 
Elmira,  Margaret  and  Mae  Gertrude.  In  1919,  after  the 
death  of  his  first  wife,  he  married  Miss  Esther  Broyhill. 
By  his  second  marriage,   he  is  the   father  of  one  child,   Mary. 

His  business  offices  are  located  at  823  Main  Street, 
Peoria. 

MILO  E.  REEVE 
(Continued  from  Page  205) 
and  has  for  years  been  intensely  interested  in  aiding 
worthy  young  men  to  further  their  college  educations.  He 
has  been  directly  responsible  for  the  financing  of  the  college 
careers  of  many  deserving  youths,  and  has  been  indirectly 
responsible  for  many  more — a  record  that  few  can  equal 
and   exemplary    of    his    unselfish    generosity. 

Religious  activities  also  form  a  phase  of  Mr.  Reeve's  many- 
sided  character.  He  has  long  been  a  member  of  the  First 
Congregational  Church  of  Peoria,  and  at  present  is  chair- 
man of  the  board  of  trustees  of  that  institution.  While 
in  Toulon  and  Lafayette  was  superintendent  of  different 
Sunday    Schools    in    those    cities    for    many    years. 

Mr.  Reeve  is  at  present  a  director  of  the  Association  of 
Commerce;  chairman  of  the  Convention  Bureau  of  the 
Association,  a  director  of  the  Peoria  Community  Fund  Ex- 
tension Board;  and  since  1920  has  served  as  chairman  of 
the   annual    Community    Fund    Drive. 

He  is  chairman  of  the  Illinois  State  Wholesale  Grocers 
Board  of  Arbitration;  and  an  active  member  of  the  Educa- 
tional Committees  of  the  Illinois  and  National  Wholesale 
Grocers  Associations.  During  the  late  war,  Mr.  Reeve  gave 
much  of  his  time  and  effort  to  the  various  patriotic  activi- 
ties. He  was  sub-chairman  of  every  war  measure  drive — 
served  on  the  Food  Commission,  the  Building  Commission 
and   the    Garden    Commission    for    Peoria    County. 

Fraternally  also,  Mr.  Reeve  is  widely  known,  being  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Creve  Coeur  and  Rotary  Clubs,  of  Peoria.  He 
is  recognized  as  one  of  the  best  known  men,  socially,  in  the 
city. 

He  was  married,  March  6,  1895,  to  Miss  Nellie  Hendrick, 
of  Lafayette,  Illinois,  and  is  the  father  of  one  child,  Mrs. 
H.  J.  Schrel,  of  Peoria.  His  business  offices  are  Located 
at   402    South   Washington    Street,    Peoria. 

WILLIAM    HAZZARD 
(Continued  from   Page  208) 

in  the  Creve  Coeur  Club  and  Optimist  Club.  He  resides 
at  310  North  Orange  Street,  and  his  business  address  is 
321     South    Adams. 

*      *      * 

HAROLD    SCHRADZKI 
(Continued   from   Page   206) 
Club   and   the   American   Legion.     To   all   of   these   he   devotes 
active    service. 

On  April  2~,  1920,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Adelena  Elizabeth  Goldman  at  Houston,  Texas.  There  are 
two  children,  Alan  H.  and  Fan  Harriet.  The  Schradzki 
home  is  at  205  Rebecca  Place  and  Attorney  Schradzki's  of- 
fice   is    402    Peoria    Life    Building. 


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BOARD  OF  MANAGERS,  THE  PEORIA  EVENING  STAR 

(Continued    from    Page  207) 

Proved  a   Success. 

When  it  became  known  that  this  plan  was  to  be  tried  out 
predictions  that  it  would  fail  were  heard  on  every  hand. 
No  one  ever  heard  of  such  an  idealistic  plan  proving  suc- 
cessful,  but  the  prophets  were  not  aware  of  the  spirit  which 
had  for  years  actuated  The  Star  family.  '1  hey  had  not 
counted  upon  the  spirit  of  co-operation  which  made  it 
possible  for  the  employes  of  an  institution  to  work  as  one. 
The  Star  began  to  take  new  strides  forward.  Its  circula- 
tion ami  advertising  patronage  increased  to  a  remarkable  de- 
gree. If  any  member  of  the  hoard  was  in  doubt  as  to  the 
policy  to  Ik-  pursued,  he  or  she  called  a  meeting  of  the  mem- 
bers ami  the  question  was  discussed  from  every  angle  with 
the  utmost  frankness  and  cordiality.  The  plan  decided  upon 
was  put  into  effect  and  it  is  an  astonishing  thing  to  relate 
that  to  this  day  not  a  single  plan  thus  decided  upon  has 
proved  a  failure  or  has  had  to  be  materially  changed. 
7  he  New   Building. 

Among  the  questions  the  new  board  was  called  upon  to 
face  was  the  erection  of  the  magnificent  new  building  which 
now  houses  The  Star.  Mr.  Powell  had  negotiated  for  the 
purchase  of  116  feet  of  ground  in  the  100  block,  South 
Madison  Avenue,  where  the  new  building  stands.  His  sud- 
den death  left  The  Star  Company  with  this  property  on  its 
hands,  and,  facing  the  necessity  for  more  room  in  which  to 
conduct  its  business.  For  some  time  The  Star  had  faced 
this  necessity.  It  became  necessary  to  add  new  typesetting 
and  stereotyping  machinery,  and  to  add  to  the  facilities  of 
printing.  This  was  impossible  in  the  limited  space  of  the 
quarters  at  Jefferson  and  Fulton  Streets,  which  had  been 
the  home  of  The  Star  since  it  was  established  in  September, 
1897.  The  croakers  insisted  that  the  board  would  not  be 
able  to  accomplish  this.  But  it  did.  The  question  of  finances 
was  arranged  for.  Messrs.  Hewitt  and  Emerson  were  com- 
missioned to  draw  plans,  and  the  contract  was  let  to  the 
firm  of  William  M.  Allen  &  Sons  Co.  Work  was  begun 
in  February,  1920.  The  magnificent  building  in  which 
these  lines  are  written  and  which  is  universally  conceded 
to  be  one  of  the  best  and  finest  equipped  newspaper  offices 
in  the  United  States,  is  the  result.  There  have  been 
difficulties  and  there  have  been  anxious  moments,  but  The 
Star  has  gone  steadily  onward  and  upward,  and  now  oc- 
cupies the  proud  position  of  being  universally  considered  by 
its  contemporaries  the  greatest  newspaper  in  the  state  out- 
side of   Chicago. 

Taken    Into    Company. 

On  Christmas  day,  1920,  Mrs.  Baldwin  decided  to  per- 
petuate this  plan  of  management  and  at  the  same  time  re- 
ward the  members  of  the  board,  who  had  so  successfully 
crried  out  the  policies  of  the  founder  of  the  paper  and  had 
so  successfully  applied  to  themselves  and  the  other  em- 
ployes of  the  paper  that  co-operation  which  had  made  The 
Star  famous.  She  allotted  a  substantial  block  of  stock  to 
each  of  the  five  members  aforesaid,  and  expressed  the  wish 
that  they,  as  well  as  every  other  employe  of  The  Star  might 
spend  the  balance  of  their  days  working  for  the  common 
good  in  the  daily  task  of  keeping  The  Star  up  to  the  high 
standard  it  had  always  maintained  and  that  it  might  always 
be  kept  as  it  was  started,  the  organ  of  the  common  people, 
and  that  its  doors  should  always  be  open  to  the  public. 
This   policy   has   and   always   will   be   carried    out. 

The  "Peoria  experiment,"  as  it  was  termed  by  newspaper 
publishers  everywhere,  has  been  watched  with  acute  interest. 
It  has  been  characterized  as  impractical,  socialistic,  and  by 
every  other  term  except  the  ones  that  best  describe  it: 
"Perfect  co-operation  and  hard  work." 
*      *      * 

JACOB  WACHENHEIMER 
(  Continued  from  Page  208) 
Peoria  corporations,  and  has  become  one  of  the  city's  best 
known  men  in  a  business  way.  He  is  at  present  a  partner 
of  Callender  Company,  general  insurance  agents,  the  largest 
agency  in  Illinois  outside  of  Chicago,  a  director  and  mem- 
ber of  the  executive  committee  of  the  American  Milling 
Company,  a  director  on  the  board  of  the  Peoria  Malleable 
Castings  Company,  vice-president  of  the  Culter  &  Proctor 
Stove  Company,  vice-president  of  the  Metal  Barrel  Cor- 
poration of  Peoria,  and  a  director  of  the  Burlington  Eleva- 
tor Company  of  Peoria.  Each  enterprise  ranks  high  among 
commercial   and   industrial   concerns   of   the   Middle   West. 

Mr.  Wachenheimer's  wide  acquaintance  in  the  social  and 
fraternal  circles  of  Peoria  equals  his  business  renown.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  the  Peoria  Country 
Club,  the  Peoria  Automobile  Club,  a  member  of  the  Peoria 
Consistory  and  Noble  of  Mohammed  Shrine,  a  Royal  Arch 
Mason  of  the  Peorian  Chapter,  a  member  of  the  Peoria  As- 
sociation  of   Commerce   and   of   the    Peoria    Board   of   Trade. 

He  has  held  the  office  of  president  of  the  Board  of  Trade, 
and  has  been  similarly  honored  by  being  chosen  president 
of    the    Creve    Coeur    Club    and    Peoria    Country    Club. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Susie  E.  Hood,  of  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania,  and  resides  at  234  Randolph  Avenue,  in  the 
heart  of  the  city's  residential  district.  His  business  address 
is  Commercial   National    Bank   Building. 


WILLI  \M     MARSHALL    ALLEN 
1 1  'ontinued   from    Page   209  1 
of  his   first   wife.      Five   children    were   hom:    Marguerite    Al- 
len    Voorhees,     William     Robert     Allen,     Raymond     B.     Allen, 
Janet  Allen   and    Marshall    Allen.      Raymond  B.    Allen   died   in 
I' ranee    during    the    war,     in     1918. 

Politically,  Mr.  Allen  was  very  prominent.  He  followed 
Roosevelt  into  the  Progressive  ranks,  and  was  a  delegate 
to  the  national  conventions  of  the  Progressives  in  1912  and 
1916.  lie  also  served  on  the  Progressive  state  central  com- 
mittee. In  1891,  he  took  his  first  excursion  into  politics 
and  was  elected  alderman  from  the  Second  Ward,  serving 
two  years.  He  was  elected  mayor  and  served  during  1895 
and    1896. 

Mr.  Allen  was  prominent  in  lodge  and  club  life.  He 
was  a  member  of  Peoria  Lodge  No.  15.  Peoria  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar,  Consistory  and  Mohammed  Temple,  A.  A. 
<  1.  X.  M.  S.  lie  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Duck  Is- 
land Hunting  and  Fishing  Club,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
Creve  Coeur  Club,  Peoria  Auto  Club,  Association  of 
Commerce    and    various    other    organizations. 

For  a  number  of  years,  he  was  interested  in  farming  and 
spent  considerable  time  at  his  farm  four  miles  from  the 
city  on  the  Knoxville  road.  lie  sold  his  farm  after  illness 
prevented  him  from  personally  supervising  it.  He  lived  at 
206   North    Institute   Place. 

*  *      * 

SENATOR    JOHN    DAILEY 
(Continued   from    Page    209) 
Commission,     the     latter     formulating     the     utility     regulation 
law    of   Illinois. 

On  October  15,  1895,  at  Peoria,  Mr.  Dailey  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Clara  R.  Johnston.  There  is  one  daugh- 
ter,   Lucile    D.    Knox. 

Senator  Dailey  is  a  member  of  the  well  known  law  firm 
of  Dailey,  Miller,  McCormick  and  Radley.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Hamilton  Club  of  Chicago,  Peoria 
Automobile  Club,  Knights  of  Pythias,  M.  W.  A.,  Woodmen 
of  the  World,  Elks,  and  is  a  Mason  with  membership  in  the 
Consistory    and    Shrine. 

The  Dailey  home  is  at  1217  Knoxville  Avenue.  The 
senator's    business    office    is    1506    Peoria    Life    Building. 

*  *      # 

HONORABLE  WILLIAM   E.   HULL 
(Continued    from    Page   210) 

Congressman  Hull  was  requested  to  run  for  congress  by 
a  petition  signed  by  fifteen  thousand  citizens  of  Peoria.  He 
was  nominated  and  elected  by  a  handsome  majority.  He  is 
known  as  a  business  man  in  congress.  His  activities  in 
that  body  have  been  signified  by  the  presentation  of  a  bill 
known  as  the  Hull  bill,  which  provides  for  the  connection 
by  water  of  Lake  Michigan  and  the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  This 
is  the  most  important  legislation  of  its  kind  before  congress. 
If  Mr.  Hull  is  successful  in  passing  this  bill,  he  will  have 
accomplished  a  great  work  that  will  redound  to  his  credit  in 
the     future. 

Mr.  Hull  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Ella  Harris, 
of  Lewistown,  on  the  27th  of  February,  1889.  They  reside 
at  465  Moss  Avenue,  when  congress  is  not  in  session.  Mr. 
Hull's    Peoria    business    address    is    1204    Lehmann    Building. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Peoria  Country 
Club,  Pekin  Country  Club,  Mount  Hawley  Country  Club, 
Los  Angeles  Country  Club  and  of  many  other  organiza- 
tions. 

*  *      * 

WILLIAM   TRAVIS    IRWIN 

(Continued  from  Page  211) 
Railway  Terminal  Company  and  until  1912,  when  the  com- 
pany was  taken  over  by  the  C.  &  A.,  and  the  C.  R.  I.  & 
P.,  Mr.  Irwin  attended  to  all  the  legal  business  of  the  com- 
pany. Through  his  close  connection  with  the  railroad  busi- 
ness and  because  of  his  knowledge  of  law  and  of  busi- 
ness, Mr.  Irwin  has  always  been  considered  an  expert  in 
railroad   affairs   as   pertaining  to   law. 

During  the  World  War,  Attorney  Irwin  was  a  member  of 
the  appeal  draft  board.  He  was  an  original  member  of  the 
Creve  Coeur  Club  and  Country  Club,  is  a  Shriner,  Com- 
mandery and  Scottish  Rite  Mason,  and  is  one  of  the  few 
thirty-third   degree   Masons  in   Peoria. 

His    residence    is    126    Randolph    Avenue    and    his    business 

office   is    928   Jefferson    Building. 

*  *      * 

PAUL    E.    HERSCHEL,    SR. 

(Continued    from   Page   211) 
president    of   the    Gravity    Coupler    Company    of    East    Peoria, 
Illinois. 

During  the  World  War,  Mr.  Herschel  joined  the  ranks 
of  those  public  spirited  citizens  largely  responsible  for  the 
success  of  the  various  Liberty  Loan  drives,  and  was  a  member 
of    the    Industrial    Regional    Board. 

Fraternally,  as  in  other  lines  in  Peoria,  Mr.  Herschel 
enjoys  a  wide  acquaintance.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Creve 
Coeur  Club,  the  Peoria  Country  Club,  the  Minnesota  Athletic 
Club  at  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason    and    a    noble    of    Mohammed    Shrine. 

He  resides  at  256  Randolph  Avenue  in  Peoria,  and  is 
the  father  of  two  children:  Paul  E.,  Jr.,  and  Emma  Herschel 
Woltzen. 


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HENRY   GEORGE   HERGET 

(Continued    from   Page   210) 
of  Appeals   for   this   district   and   served   willingly    for   a   term. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Pekin  Country  Club,  the  Union 
League  of  Chicago,  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Peoria;  and 
India    House    of    New    York    City. 

Mr.  Herget  married  Miss  Helen  Aydelott,  October  5, 
1893,    at    Pekin,    Illinois,    and    resides    at    615    Park    Avenue 

in    that    city. 

*  *     * 

JUDGE    JOHN    M.    NIEHAUS 
(Continued   from    Page   213) 

Chancery  of  Peoria  County  in  1894,  and  served  capably  in 
this  office  until  1913,  when  he  was  chosen  circuit  judge. 
He  was  re-elected  to  this  responsible  office  in  191 5  and  in 
1921. 

Judge  Niehaus  was  appointed  to  the  appellate  bench  at 
Ottawa,  Illinois,  and  served  until  1921,  when  he  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  same  position  at  Springfield,  Illinois.  lie 
was    re-appointed    to    the    latter    bench    in    1924. 

Judge  Niehaus  is  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  of 
Bradley  Polytechnic  Institute,  of  Peoria,  and  has  long  been 
one  of  the  most  active  factors  in  educational  institutions 
in    the    city. 

*  *      * 

MILTON   GRANT  NEWMAN 
(Continued    from   Page  213) 

Old  People's  and  Orphans'  Homes,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  He  is 
a  member  of  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Peoria  Automobite  Club, 
Country  Club  of  Peoria,  Rotary  Club,  Illinois  Valley  Yacht 
and  Canoe  Club,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  D.  O. 
K.  K. 

Mr.  Newman  was  married  to  Miss  Matilda  Woolfner,  No- 
vember 17,  1892.  His  business  offices  are  at  210  South 
Washington  Street,  and  his  residence  at  338  Moss  Avenue, 
in    the    heart    of   the   city's    residential    district. 

*  *      * 

FRANK  J.  QUINN 
(Continued  from  Page  214) 
American  Bar  Association,  the  Illinois  and  local  bar  asso- 
ciations. In  1924,  he  attended  the  reception  to  the  American 
Bar  Association  in  London.  He  is  a  member  of  the  state 
and  local  associations  of  commerce,  and  a  director  of  the 
Commercial    National    Bank   of   Peoria. 

He  maintains  a  suite  of  offices  in  the  Lehmann  Build- 
ing, is  married,  and  resides  at  No.  515  Moss  Avenue, 
Peoria,     Illinois. 

ARRON    S.    OAKFORD 
(Continued   from   Page  214) 

Mr.  Oakford,  despite  numerous  business  activities,  has 
always  had  time  to  actively  aid  any  civic  or  charitable  move- 
ment in  Peoria,  and  enjoys  an  enviable  reputation  along 
this  line.  He  is  at  present  president  of  the  Proctor  En- 
dowment, president  of  the  Proctor  Hospital  Board,  president 
of  the  Neighborhood  House  Association  and  treasurer  of 
the    Peoria    Community    Fund. 

His  clubs  are  the  Creve  Coeur,  Peoria  Country,  and 
Peoria  Automobile  Clubs.  Probably  no  man  is  better  known 
socially  or  fraternally  than  Mr.  Oakford.  His  business 
offices  are  located  in  the  300  block   South  Washington   Street. 

*  *      * 

ROBERT  SCHOLES 
(Continued  from  Page  216) 
November.  Attorney  Scholes  rapidly  gained  recognition  in 
the  general  assembly,  not  only  as  an  authority  on  laws  but 
as  an  organizer  and  leader.  He  was  elevated  to  the  position 
of  administration  leader  on  the  floor  and  is  credited  with 
having  directed  important  bills  through  the  assembly  and 
with  having  been  one  of  the  greatest  forces  in  the  lower 
branch   of   the   legislature. 

Attorney  Scholes'  hobby  is  outdoor  life.  He  is  prominent 
in  the  Izaak  Walton  League  of  Illinois  and  of  Peoria,  is  a 
member  of  the  Hunting  and  Fishing  Club  and  the  Southern 
Illinois  Sportsman's  Association.  He  is  a  Mason,  Knight 
of  Pythias,  and  is  a  member  of  the  D.  O.  K.  K.,  Odd 
Fellows,   and    Creve    Coeur    Club. 

Soon  after  being  admitted  to  the  bar,  he  became  attorney 
for  the  village  of  South  Peoria  and  the  village  of  Peoria 
Heights.  That  was  before  these  communities  were  incor- 
porated with  the  City  of  Peoria.  He  did  the  legal  work 
for  Bartonville,  when  that  community  was  being  organized 
and  has  been  its  attorney  since.  He  has  been  connected 
with  some  of  the  most  important  litigation  in  the  various 
Illinois   courts. 

On  July  11,  1893,  at  Lincoln,  Illinois,  Mr.  Scholes  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Ida  May  Partridge.  There 
is  one  daughter,  Mrs.  Jessie  May  Norris,  and  one  grand- 
daughter. The  family  home  is  on  Grand  View  Drive  and 
Attorney   Scholes'   office  is  at  821   Jefferson   Building. 


WILLIAM    C.    WHITE 
(Continued   from   Page   216) 
chairman    of   the    five    Liberty    loans    for    Peoria    County,    and 
was  a   material    factor   in    the    realizing    of   the   quotas. 

Mr.  White  is  a  well  known  personage  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Country  Club  of  Peoria,  Peoria 
Automobile  Club  and  the  Rotary  and  Transportation  Clubs 
of   the   city. 

Mr.  White  married  Miss  Mary  Bigham,  of  Peoria,  and 
is  the  father  of  two  children:  Herbert  B.  and  Virginia 
White. 

His  business  office  is  in  the  large  Merchants  and  Illinois 
National     Bank,    and     he     resides    at     906     North     Glen     Oak 

Avenue. 

*  *      * 

WILLIAM   H.    SOMMER 
(Continued   from    Page   215) 
Elizabeth,     Hazel    Louise    and     Millard    Joseph.     The     family 
residence    is    at    313    North    Institute. 

Mr.  Sommer  is  a  conservative  and  substantial  business 
man,  and  is  a  consistent  worker  for  the  advancement  of 
Peoria.     He  is  a  member   of  the   Creve   Coeur   Club. 

*  *      * 

BENJAMIN  L.   SOMMER 
(Continued   from   Page   215) 

cathedral  than  to  make  a  boot,  but  I  think  it  better  actually 
to  make  a  boot  than  only  to  dream  about  building  a 
cathedral."  This  is  the  inspiration  of  Benjamin  L.  Som- 
mer   and    of    the    whole    organization. 

Mr.  Sommer  was  united  in  marriage  with  Sara  Sova  at 
Peoria,  June  17,  1923.  There  is  one  daughter,  Thelma 
Irene  and  the  residence  is  at  112  Gilbert  Street.  Mr.  Som- 
mer   is    a    member    of    the    Creve    Coeur    Club    and    of    the 

Automobile    Club. 

*  *     * 

WALLACE   JOHN    BLACK 
(Continued   from   Page  218) 

resides  at  310  North  Institute  Place.  Few  people  of  Cen- 
tral   Illinois    have    a    larger    acquaintance    and    few    lawyers 

have    a    larger    clientele. 

*  *      * 

WARREN    W.    DAY 
(Continued   from   Page   219) 
and     residences     in     Peoria,     Champaign,     Chatsworth,     Pekin, 
Elmwood,     Mounds,     Viola,     Strawn,     East     Peoria,     Washing- 
ton,   Fairbury,    Lacon,    Thawville,     Cambridge,     Macomb    and 
other    cities    in    the    state. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Triangle 
Motion    Sign    Company,   of   Peoria,   Illinois. 

Mr.  Day  enlisted  in  Les  Foyers  du  Soldat  of  the  French 
army  in  1918,  and  served  eight  months  in  France.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  United  States  Public  Service  Reserve  from 
1917  to  1918,  and  has  been  a  brevet  captain  in  the  Illinois 
National    Guard    since    1910. 

He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Ethel  A.  Hollister,  daugh- 
ter of  Professor  H.  A.  Hollister  of  the  University  of  Il- 
linois, at  Champaign,  Illinois,  September  7,  1910,  and  has 
two  children:  Shirley  W.  Day  and  Muriel  H.  Day.  His 
home  is  at  141 5  North  Perry  Avenue  and  his  business  ad- 
dress   is    1014-16-18    Peoria    Life    Building. 

Mr.  Day  is  a  member  of  the  American  Institute  of 
Architects,  president  of  the  Central  Illinois  Chapter,  Ameri- 
can Institute  of  Architects,  a  member  of  the  Illinois  Society 
of  Architects,  past  president  of  the  Peoria  Society  of  Al- 
lied Arts,  past  president  of  the  Peoria  Illini  Club,  and 
is  a  member  of  the  University  Club  of  Peoria,  Illinois  Val- 
ley Yacht  and  Canoe  Club,  Theta  Delta  Chi  fraternity, 
Association  of  Cosmopolitan  Clubs,  National  Society  of 
Scabbard  and  Blade,  Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Rite  of  Free 
Masonry,  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine, 
Optimist  Club,  Theta  Delta  Chi  Club  of  New  York  City, 
Peoria    Art    Institute    and    Peoria    Association    of    Commerce. 

He  has  traveled  extensively  in  the  United  States  and 
abroad.  In  1903,  he  went  to  Northern  Africa,  the  Near 
East  and  the  Levant,  Palestine,  Europe  and  the  British 
Isles.  In  both  1907  and  1908,  he  traveled  in  Europe  and 
the    British    Isles. 

In  the  fall  of  1910,  winter  of  1910-11  and  spring  of 
1911,  he  and  his  wife  made  a  trip  around  the  world,  travel- 
ing by  themselves  and  independent  of  any  conducted  party 
or     other     traveling     companions.  The     trip     included     the 

Hawaiian  Islands,  Japan,  China,  the  far  east  Portuguese  set- 
tlement of  Macao,  the  Malayan  state  of  Johore,  the  Straits 
Settlements,  Burma,  India,  Ceylon,  Arabia,  Egypt,  Europe 
and  the  British  Isles.  On  this  trip,  he  and  Mrs.  Day- 
journeyed  to  many  of  the  out-of-the-way  and  unfrequented 
places  of  the  world,  including  a  trip  under  armed  guard 
of  over  300  miles  into  the  interior  of  southern  China,  _  a 
visit  to  the  seat  of  the  Shinto  religion  in  Japan,  and  while 
in  India  were  the  guests  at  one  of  the  country  estates  of 
the  celebrated  Hindoo  poet  and  noble  prize  winner,  Rabin- 
dranath  Tagore,  whose  son  was  a  college  classmate  of  Mr. 
Day's. 


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E.    BENTLEY    HAMILTON 
(Continued    from    Page   221) 

Mr.  Hamilton  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  various 
civic  and  patriotic  organizations.  He  served  as  a  member  of 
the  board  of  directors  of  the  Peoria  Public  Library  for 
several  years,  and  was  president  during  1923-24.  He  has 
been  specially  active  in  politics,  and  is  a  Republican.  His 
unusual  ability  as  an  orator  and  after-dinner  speaker  has 
called  him  to  serve  many  organizations  as  speaker  and 
various  banquets  as  toastmaster.  In  1923,  he  was  toastmaster 
at  the  Creve  Coeur  Club  banquet.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church,  the  Hamilton  Club  of  Chicago, 
Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States, 
University  Club,  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Peoria  Country  Club, 
Illinois  State  Bar  Association  and  American  Bar  Associa- 
tion. 

On  October  27,  1906,  Mr.  Hamilton  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Ethel  W.  Burton  at  Chicago,  Illinois.  There  are 
two  children:   George   B.   and    E.    Bentley,  Jr. 

*  #      * 

WILLIS     H.     BALLANCE 

(Continued  from  Page  217) 
moved  to  California,  where  he  was  advanced  to  the  position 
of  chief  engineer  of  the  California  Portland  Cement  Com- 
pany, at  Colton,  California,  for  one  and  one-half  years. 
Another  advancement  came  his  way,  when  he  was  offered 
a  position  with  Otto  Luhr,  consulting  refrigerating  engineer, 
which  he  filled  capably  for  a  time,  and  later  returned  to  the 
city  of  his  birth  as  assistant  general  manager  of  the  (lipps 
Brewing  Company  of  Peoria.  On  the  inauguration  of  the 
Electrox  Company  here,  in  1919,  he  was  made  president, 
which    position    he    has    held   ever   since. 

He  married  Virginia  Pennewill  in  Peoria,  March  2,  1920, 
and  has  two  children:  Virginia  and  Willis,  Jr.  He  resides 
at  601  Parkside  Drive  in  one  of  the  best  residence  districts 
of    the    city. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Peoria  Chapter 
Elks  Lodge,  Peoria  Country  Club,  and  was  one  of  the  char- 
ter members  of  the   Peoria   Rotary  Club  and   University   Club. 

*  *      * 

JOSEPH    P.    GOEBEL 
(Continued   from    Page   220) 

children.  He  has  served  for  several  years  as  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  Cradle  Beach  Association  which  provides 
summer  vacations  for  the  needy  children  of  Peoria.  He  is 
chairman  of  the  boys'  work  committee  of  the  Rotary  Club 
of  Peoria,  and  has  been  especially  active  in  the  crippled 
children's     work     of     that     organization. 

Mr.  Coebel's  business  address  is  200  Second  Avenue, 
where  he  has  one  of  the  most  modern  outdoor  advertising 
studio    and    office    buildings    in    Illinois.      He    resides    at    3001 

Western    Avenue. 

*  *      * 

EDWARD     C.     LEISY 
(Continued   from    Page   222) 

It  has  been  the  ambition  of  Mr.  Leisy  not  merely  to 
direct  large  businesses  and  industries  but  to  create  them 
and  develop  them.  No  man  in  Peoria  has  built  or  helped 
to  build  more  new  industries  and  it  speaks  volumes  for  his 
success  as  a  business  executive  when  it  is  realized  that 
these  organizations  are  among  the  largest  and  most  pros- 
perous  in   the  community. 

Mr.  Leisy  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Auto- 
mobile Club  and  Country  Club.  His  business  address  is  703 
Jefferson    Building. 

BERNARD    KELLY 
(Continued   from    Page   221) 
versity    and    Mount    Hawley    Country    Clubs,    the    Association 
of   Commerce,    Veterans   of   Foreign    Wars,    American    Legion, 
the  United   States  Disabled  Veterans,  and  the  National  Union 
Des    Combatants,    a     French    organization. 

He  was  married,  April  30,  1914,  to  Miss  Katherine  Warth 
at    Peoria,    Illinois. 

HARRY    A.    FRANKEL 
(Continued   from   Page   219) 
a    wide   acquaintance    in    his    home   city.      He    is   an    Odd    Fel- 
low,   a    member    of    the    Knights    of    Pythias,    and.   a    member 
of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club.     He  served   for  a   time  as  a  mem- 
ber   of    the    city    board    of    review. 

Mr.  Frankel  resides  at  322  Moss  Avenue.  He  married 
Miss  Henrietta  Steerfield  in  Chicago,  June  15,  1915,  and 
is    the    father    of    one    daughter. 

DENNIS    J.    McMAHON 
(Continued    from    Page   222) 
They  have   two   children,   Robert    E.   and   Helen   F.      Although 
a     comparative     newcomer     to     Peoria,     Mr.     McMahon     has 
taken   such   an   active   part   in    Peoria's   affairs   that   he   is  con- 
sidered   one   of   the   real   assets    of   the   city. 


ORIN    L.    McCORD 

(Continued    from    Page   223) 

ready  and  willing  to  devote  his  time  to  the  interests  of  the 
City  of   Peoria. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Peoria  Advertising  and  Selling 
Club,  Optimist  Club,  Country  Club.  Automobile  Club,  and 
is  a  Shriner,  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  Knight  of  Pythias 
and   an    Elk. 

Mr.  McCord's  father  was  Ninnian  A.  McCord,  born  in 
Bond  County,  Illinois;  his  mother  was  Susan  E.  Child, 
born   at   Granville. 

He  was  married  to  Ella  M.  Barnes  at  East  Lynn,  Illinois, 
December  15,  1888.  There  are  three  children:  Stella  L. 
Mayhugh,  Fort  Worth,  Texas,  Edwin  A.  McCord,  attorney 
at  law,  Fort  Worth,  Texas,  and  Clarence  A.  McCord,  in  the 
insurance    business,    residing    at    Bloomington,    Illinois. 

*  *      * 

FRANK    T.     MILLER 

(Continued   from   Page   224) 

active   partner    of   the   firm,    Stevens,    Miller   &    Elliott,    which 

after   the   death    of   Mr.    Stevens,    became   the    firm    of    Miller, 

Elliott   and    Westervelt,    he    is    still    actively   interested    in. 

Few  men  are  more  prominently  associated  with  business 
interests  in  Peoria  and  other  localities  than  Mr,  Miller. 
He  is  vice-president  and  director  of  the  Home  Savings  and 
State  Bank,  a  director  of  the  Merchants  and  Illinois  National 
Bank;  vice-president  and  director  of  the  Iroquois  Fire  In- 
surance Company;  a  director  of  the  Fiank  P.  Lewis  Cigar 
Company,  a  director  of  the  Holt  Company  of  Texas,  a  direc- 
tor of  the  Peoria  Railway  Terminal  Company,  and  general 
or   local    counsel    for    various    railroad    systems. 

His  civic  record,  too,  is  an  enviable  one.  He  is  a  national 
councilor  of  the  Peoria  Association  of  Commerce;  a  member 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Peoria  V.  M.  C.  A.,  and  the 
Salvation  Army  Advisory  Board.  During  the  late  war,  his 
executive  ability  was  pressed  into  service  in  practically  every 
patriotic   activity   in  and   around    Peoria. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur,  Peoria  Country  Clubs, 
and  was  a  popular  member  of  Phi  Gamma  Delta  fraternity 
while  in  college. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Lillian  Morgan  in  Peoria,  Septem- 
ber   16,    1903,    and    is    the    father   of    two    children:    Jeannette 

M.,    and    Lillian    Bruce    Miller. 

*  *      * 

WALTER    B.    WILDE 
(Continued   from    Page   227) 

Club,  and  the  Illinois  Valley  Yacht  and  Canoe  Club.  He 
is  a  Knight  Templar,  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and 
Shriner. 

His  business  address  is  at  the  main  office  of  the  Hart 
Oil  Burner  Company,  715  Main  Street.  He  resides  at  1409 
Knoxville    Avenue. 

After  completing  his  school  work,  Mr.  Wilde  served  an 
apprenticeship  in  the  Burlington  railroad  shops  at  Burling- 
ton, Iowa,  for  four  years,  after  which  he  returned  to  his 
home  and  joined  his  father  in  the  manufacture  of  grain 
weighers,  becoming  soon  after  the  head  of  the  company 
which  was  the  W.  B.  Wilde  and  Company.  He  continued 
with  this  company  until  early  in  1900,  when  the  W.  B. 
Wilde  and  Company  was  consolidated  with  the  Hart  Grain 
Weigher  Company  of  Peoria,  he  becoming  vice-president  and 
treasurer.  After  the  death  of  Mr.  Hart,  in  191 3,  he  be- 
came president  and  treasurer.  He  resigned  these  two  offices 
in  October,  1923,  in  order  to  give  all  his  time  and  atten- 
tion  to    the    Hart    Oil    Burner    Company. 

HARRIE    G.    MOORE 
(Continued   from   Page  224) 

ing  his  eventful  career  in  the  life  of  commerce.  He  has 
served  as  president,  vice-president,  and  director  for  eight 
years  of  the  National  Association  of  Credit  Men,  president 
of  the  Kansas  City  Commercial  Club,  president  of  the  Kan- 
sas City  Association  of  Credit  Men,  president  of  the  Kan- 
sas City  Implement  Vehicle  and  Hardware  Club,  and  in  the 
last  three  organizations  still  enjoys  an  honorary  member- 
ship as  a   result   of   his  high   reputation   and  service   rendered. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Peoria  Country  and  Creve  Coeur 
Clubs,  a  prominent  Peoria  Republican,  and  has  long  been 
a  member  of  the  congregation  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church    of    Peoria. 

Mr.  Moore  was  married  to  Miss  Pearl  D.  Scales  at  Lin- 
coln.   Illinois,    September    2,    1886,    and    is    the    father    of   one 

child,    Mrs.    Dan   Anderson,    of   Peoria. 

*  *      * 

JOHN    C.    RYAN 

(Continued    from    Page   225) 
a    bond    issue    of    $50,000,    for    the    erection    of    a    steel    and 
concrete    baseball    stadium    and    the    donation    of    a    tract    of 
land    worth    almost    as   much.      Mr.    Ryan    is   often    designated 
as   the   "Father"   of   organized   baseball   in    Peoria. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Peoria  Creve  Coeur  Club,  the 
Elks    Lodge    and    the    Knights    of    Columbus. 

Mr.  Ryan  was  married  to  Miss  Josephine  Kerivan  in 
Peoria,  May  6,  1905,  and  is  the  father  of  two  children: 
Loyola    and    David    Ryan. 


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CLARENCE    E.     SMITH 
(Continued   from    Page   226) 
Chapter    of    the    Reserve    Officers'    Association.      He    is    a    past 
post    commander    of    the    American    Legion    here. 

Fraternally  as  in  commercial  circles  of  the  city,  Mr. 
Smith  enjoys  a  wide  acquaintance.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Peoria  Army  and  Navy  Club,  a  member  of  the  Univer- 
sity and  Creve  Coeur  Clubs,  and  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason. 

Mr.  Smith  was  married  to  Miss  Freda  G.  Becker,  in 
Peoria,  December  26,  19 14,  and  is  the  father  of  two  daugh- 
ters:  Frances  J.   and   Mary   V.    Smith. 

WARREN    SUTLIFF 
(Continued   from   Page  226) 

united  in  marriage  with  Elizabeth  F.  MacLee.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Country  Club, 
Automobile  Club,  Rotary  Club,  I.  V.  Y.  Club,  and  takes 
an    active    interest    in    various    civic    organizations. 

His    business     headquarters     are     at     312-14     South     Adams 

Street,    and    his    home    is    at    118    Parkside   Drive. 

*  *      * 

LOUIS  M.  HINES 
(Continued  from  Page  228) 
ganization's  activities  for  many  years.  Mr.  Hines  was 
married,  March  3,  1881,  to  Miss  Laura  A.  Pierce  in  Peoria. 
She  passed  away  some  years  later,  and  he  was  subsequently 
married  to  Miss  Belle  Hotze,  a  sister  of  his  first  wife,  on 
October    19,    1921.      He   is   the    father   of  three   children:    Mrs. 

Belle    Moore,    W.    C.    Hines    and    Harrison    Hines.- 

*  *     * 

FREDERICK  H.  AVERY 
(Continued  from  Page  228) 
business,  meeting  with  generous  success.  After  thirty-one 
years  of  continuous  activity  in  the  house  furnishing  busi- 
ness, he  retired  from  active  connection  with  his  company, 
although  he  is  still  president  of  the  several  stores  operated 
the  large  syndicate,  and  continues  to  serve  them  out  of  the 
knowledge  gained  through  his  long  connection  with  them. 
Since  1920,  he  has  become  one  of  the  leading  insurance  men 
of  the  community  and  directs  a  substantial  investment  busi- 
ness. With  his  son,  N.  Kirk  Avery,  he  organized  the  F. 
H.    Avery    &    Son    Company,    with    the    son    as    manager. 

During  the  World  War,  Mr.  Avery  was  commandeered 
by  the  United  States  Public  Service  Reserve  for  important 
war  work,  and  was  in  charge  of  the  work  of  this  organiza- 
tion in  forty-seven  counties.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Con- 
sistory and  Shrine,  is  a  director  of  the  Peoria  Association 
of  Commerce,  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Rotary 
Club,  and  is  a  directors'  member  of  the  University  Club. 
He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Bertha  Kirk  (de- 
ceased), December  15,  1896,  at  Peoria,  and  has  one  son, 
N.    Kirk   Avery.      His    residence    is   at    307    Bigelow. 

Although  one  of  the  most  active  business  men  in  the 
community,    Mr.    Avery    has    always    found    time    to    take    an 

active   interest    in    civic    work   or   all    kinds. 

*  *      * 

ALFRED  W.  BEASLEY 
(Continued  from  Page  229) 
red  to  the  Peoria  High  School  as  instructor  in  mathematics 
and  sciences,  and  later  was  made  principal  of  the  old  Frank- 
lin school.  Subsequently  he  was  appointed  principal  of  the 
Peoria  High  School,  and  held  that  position  with  distinction 
until  his  appointment  as  superintendent  of  fhe  Peoria  school 
system. 

On  the  29th  of  November,  1876,  Professor  Beasley  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary  Ramsay.  There  were 
four    children    born     to     this     union. 

Although  Professor  Beasley  is  not  now  a  resident  of 
Peoria,  he  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by  Peorians,  who 
appreciate  his  valuable  contribution  to  the  school  develop- 
ment  of   this   city. 

*  *      * 

JOHN  A.  HAYES 
(Continued  from  Page  229) 
assistant  county  superintendent  of  schools  under  C.  U. 
Stone.  In  1909-1910,  he  served  as  superintendent  of  schools 
in  East  Peoria,  and  remained  in  that  capacity  until  his 
election  as  county  superintendent  of  schools  in  1910.  He 
has  been  elected  four  terms  as  county  superintendent  of 
schools,    being    unanimously    elected    the    second    election. 

Mr.  Hayes  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club  of  Peoria, 
and    is   a   thirty-second   degree    Mason. 

He  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Cora  V.  Buck,  of 
Princeville,  on  August  23,  1905.  They  have  one  daughter, 
Gertrude    Elizabeth. 

Mr.  Hayes  has  always  taken  a  keen  interest  in  govern- 
mental   affairs,    and     served    the    country     as    best     he    could 

during  the   war   period. 

*  *      * 

JAMES    E.    HART 
(Continued   from   Page   227) 
Mr.    Hart    is    recognized    as    a    professional    man    of    high 
standing  and  as  a  civil   leader  of  influence. 


WALTER  G.  CAUSEY 
(Continued  from  Page  228) 
became  president  of  the  State  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  of 
Peoria,  in  1917,  still  continuing  active  in  the  investment 
business  bearing  his  name,  specializing  in  bonds,  mortgage 
loans  and  real  estate,  this  company  through  its  integrity 
and  efficiency  having  established  a  reputation  throughout 
Illinois. 

While  Mr.  Causey  has  devoted  his  time  and  energy  to 
the  upbuilding  of  these  concerns  in  which  he  was  interest- 
ed, he  has  found  time  to  participate  actively  in  many  civic 
and  charitable  organizations  and  during  the  war  period 
rendered  service  in  the  various  movements.  He  served  as 
president  of  Peoria  Association  of  Commerce  during  one 
of  the  best  years  of  that  organization.  He  also  served  as 
president  of  Creve  Coeur  Club,  is  on  the  advisory  board  of 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
executive  committee  and  board  of  directors  of  the  Associa- 
tion of  Commerce.  He  is  also  active  in  Masonic  organiza- 
tions, being  a  member  of  the  Divan  of  Mohammed  Temple, 
and    is   a    member   of    Peoria    Rotary    Club. 

On  September  16,  1903,  Mr.  Causey  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Florine  A.  Thielens,  of  New  York.  He  resides 
at  Jefferson  Hotel,  and  his  business  address  is  236  South 
Jefferson   Avenue. 

ROBERT  P.  JACK 
(Continued  from  Page  229) 
he  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Jack,  Irwin  and  Jack; 
and  the  firm's  later  prominence  is  in  part  a  tribute  to  his 
activity  and  honest  effort.  During  Mr.  Jack's  practice  of 
law  in  Peoria  he  has  won  wide  recognition  as  an  able  at- 
torney and   a  widely  known  civic  worker   in   the  city. 

Mr.  Jack  is  a  popular  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  and 
Peoria    Country    Clubs. 

He  maintains  a  suite  of  offices  in  the  Jefferson  Building 
in  the  Peoria  business  district  and  resides  at  720  Moss 
Avenue. 

ALBERT  H.  KAHLER 
(Continued  from  Page  229) 
position  until  July  of  191 1,  when  he  left  to  accept  a  posi- 
tion with  the  Indianapolis  Life  Insurance  Company.  After 
working  only  a  year  in  this  company,  he  was  appointed 
manager  and  after  another  year  had  passed,  he  was  further 
promoted  to  the  office  of  supervisor  of  agents  for  the  home 
office.  In  1 915,  he  was  advanced  to  general  manager  of  all 
Central  Illinois  agencies,  which  position  he  has  held  for 
a    number    of   years. 

But  business  has  not  held  all  of  Mr.  Kahler's  energies 
and  active  abilities.  He  has  been  instrumental  in  backing 
and  boosting  many  of  the  public  welfare  organizations  of 
the  city  in  recent  years.  At  present,  he  is  director  of 
the  Women's  Recreation  Camp  of  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  advisory  committee  of  the  Peoria  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  a 
district  trustee  and  past  president  of  the  Peoria  Kiwanis 
Club,  and  a  past  president  of  the  Life  Underwriters'  Asso- 
ciation of  Peoria.  Mr.  Kahler  is  also  vice-president  and 
director  of  the  Reliance  Agency  Corporation  of  his  home 
city. 

Mr.  Kahler  is  a  prominent  figure  in  Peoria  social  circles, 
being  a  member  of  the  Peoria  and  Mount  Hawley  Country 
Clubs,  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  the  Kiwanis  Club,  the 
Association  of  Commerce,  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason, 
Shriner,  and  member  of  the  Elks  Lodge  No.  20,  the  Eastern 
Star    Chapter,    Peoria    Consistory    and    Commandery. 

He  was  married  in  Peoria  to  Miss  Lillian  A.  Leiser,  Octo- 
ber 3,  1916,  and  is  the  father  of  two  children,  James  Ed- 
ward   and    Jean    Ruth    Kahler. 

His  business  offices  are  located  at  327-28  Central  National 
Bank    Building. 

*      *      * 

DAN    R.    SHEEN 
(Continued   from   Page   231) 
He    attended    school    in    Peoria,    at    Normal,    and    received   a 
business    college    course   also. 

A  prohibitionist  in  politics,  Mr.  Sheen  was  elected  to  the 
Illinois  legislature  for  one  term  and  served  with  distinction 
and   credit   to    his   constituency. 

He  is  known  as  a  careful  lawyer  and  has  been  prominent 
in  some  of  the  most  important  litigation  in  Central  Illinois 
courts. 

On  June  28,  1876,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Sarah 
A.    Stiehl    at    Peoria.      There   are   no   children. 

Attorney  Sheen's  business  office  is  405  Central  National 
Bank    Building,    and    his    home    is    at    107    Roanoke    Avenue. 

DAVID  H.  McCLUGAGE 
(Continued    from    Page   230) 

In  1920,  he  was  elected  to  membership  in  the  general 
assembly,  was  re-elected  in  1922,  and  re-nominated  and  re- 
elected   without    opposition    in    1924. 

Mr.  McClugage  is  a  member  of  Temple  Lodge  No.  46, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Peoria  Chapter  No.  7,  R.  A.  M.,  Peoria 
Council  No.  11,  R.  S.  M.,  Peoria  Consistory,  Mohammed 
Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  Frater- 
nal   Order    Eagles    and    Federal    Employees    Union. 


Puye  Two  Hundred  and  Fifty 


DR.  GEORGE  ANTHONY  ZELLER 
(Continued  from  Page  231) 
with  Spain  and  served  as  captain,  assistant  surgeon,  U.  S. 
V.  being  in  the  Philippine  service  three  years  and  ten 
days.  His  work  during  the  cholera  epidemic  of  1902  was 
notable  and  he  was  specially  cited  by  Governor  General 
Taft  in  the  report  of  the  Philippine  Commission  for  1902. 
After  the  war,  he  resumed  his  work  at  the  Peoria  State 
Hospital  inaugurating  policies  which  established  his  leader- 
ship in  this  field  and  made  that  institution  famous  through- 
out the  world.  From  19 14  to  1917,  he  was  state  alienist, 
and  in  191 7,  was  made  superintendent  of  the  Alton  State 
Hospital,  which  he  organized  and  equipped  in  record  time. 
Four  years  later,  after  erecting  seventeen  new  buildings  ac- 
commodating 1,200  patients,  he  again  became  superintendent 
of  the  Peoria  State  Hospital  and  holds  that  position  at  the 
present    time. 

Dr.  Zeller  is  an  active  member  of  the  County,  State 
and  American  Medical  Associations  and  a  frequent  con- 
tributor to  the  magazines  and  periodicals  of  those  organiza- 
tions.     His  romances  of  asylum  life  have  been  widely  copied. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Veterans  of  Foreign  Wars,  Span- 
ish War  Veterans,  Illini  Club,  Creve  Coeur  and  Country 
Clubs  and  a  Mason.  During  the  World  War,  he  was  a 
member  of  the  United  States  Volunteer  Medical  Service 
Corps  and   Consulting  Alienist  to  the  Draft  Board. 

He  enjoys  the  unique  distinction  of  having  been  commis- 
sioned in  one  medical  capacity  or  another  by  six  presidents 
and    six    governors. 

JOHN    WRIGHT   McDOWELL 
(Continued    from   Page   230) 

Some  five  years  later,  Mr.  McDowell  left  his  position  to 
accept  an  advancement  as  vice-president  and  treasurer  of 
the  Colean  Manufacturing  Company,  and  still  later  accepted 
a  position  with  the  Title  and  Trust  Company,  with  which 
he  has  been  prominently  associated  since  1906.  Since  that 
time  he  has  made  such  progress  in  his  chosen  field,  that 
few  men  are  accorded  more  respect  or  are  more  commendably 
mentioned  among  the  city's  business  and  financial  lights  than 
Mr.  McDowell.  It  is  said  that  he  has  probably  handled 
more  property  than  any  other  man  in  this  portion  of 
Illinois. 

Mr.  McDowell  at  present  is  treasurer  and  director  of  the 
Dime  Savings  and  Trust  Company,  vice-president  and  direc- 
tor of  the  Merchants  and  Illinois  National  Bank,  a  director 
of  the  Central  Illinois  Light  Company,  and  vice-president 
and  director  of  the  American  Milling  Company,  all  listed 
among  the  city's  leading  commercial  and  industrial  con- 
cerns. 

He  has  also  long  been  active  in  furthering  every  civic 
and  public  activity  sponsored  in  Peoria  in  recent  years. 
During  the  war  period,  he  served  capably  as  chairman  of 
the  Peoria  Chapter  of  Red  Cross  and  also  as  president  of 
the    Peoria    Community    Welfare    Fund. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  and  University  Clubs, 
the  Country  Club  of  Peoria,  the  Mount  Hawley  Country 
Club,  the  Illinois  Valley  Yacht  and  Canoe  Clubs  and  the 
Peoria  Automobile  Club. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Pearl  Sholl  in  Peoria,  September 
5,   1895,  and   is   the   father  of  one   child,   John   W.    McDowell, 

His    business    address    is    at    the    offices    of    the    Title    and 

Trust    Company   offices. 

*      *      * 

HENRY  E.  PRATT 
(Continued  from  Page  230) 
and  in  baseball  and  other  sports.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
law  firm  of  Scholes  and  Pratt,  is  an  Elk,  a  Knight  of 
Pythias,  D.  O.  K.  K.,  F.  O.  E.,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Automobile  Club  and  the  Kickapoo  Golf 
Club. 

He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Louise  Hannam, 
December  28,  1916,  at  Chicago,  Illinois,  and  there  are  two 
children:  Polly  and  Robert  Henry.  His  residence  is  117 
Rebecca  Place  and  his  law  offices  are  at  821  Jefferson  Build- 
ing. 

Mr.  Pratt  is  almost  universally  known  as  "Harry"  and 
"Harry"  is  called  on  many  times  each  year  to  help  in  a 
baseball  financing  campaign,  in  various  social  and  civic 
drives   and    in    other   worthy   movements. 

CARL  MARTIN  BEHRMAN 
(Continued  from  Page  232) 
man  served  as  secretary  to  the  assistant  attorney-general 
of  the  United  States.  Soon  afterward,  he  realized  his  ambi- 
tion of  practicing  law  for  himself,  in  Peoria  and  Central 
Illinois.  As  judge  of  the  Federal  Bankruptcy  Court  for  the 
Southern  District  of  Illinois,  during  the  past  six  years,  he 
has  administered  many  bankruptcy  estates  of  importance 
involving    intricate    problems    of    law. 

Attorney  Behrman  is  an  officer  in  several  well  known 
commercial  firms.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur 
and  University  Clubs  of  Peoria,  a  member  of  the  Illinois 
Valley  Yacht  and  Canoe  Club,  and  the  Association  of  Com- 
merce. 

Mr.  Behrman  maintains  his  business  offices  in  the  Peoria 
Life   Building,   and   resides   at   the   Jefferson   Hotel    in    Peoria. 


GEORGE    A.    SHURTLEFF 
(Continued    from    Page    231) 

Attorney  Shurtleff  was  appointed  attorney  for  the  village 
of  Peoria  Heights  in  1909,  and  has  served  in  that  capacity 
ever  since.  He  was  assistant  state's  attorney  from  1912  to 
1920,  and  proved  to  be  one  of  the  ablest  prosecutors  that 
have   served    in   that   office. 

Although  devoting  the  majority  of  his  time  to  his  legal 
work,  Attorney  Shurtleff  has  served  in  many  other  capac- 
ities. He  has  been  prominent  in  Masonic  work  for  years 
and  is  a  past  potentate  of  the  Mohammed  Temple  Shrine. 
He  is  also  a  Knight  Templar,  thirty-second  degree  Mason, 
and  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Mount  Hawley 
Country  Club,  University  Club,  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
Kiwanis  Club.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Kiwanis 
Club  of  Peoria,  has  served  that  service  club  as  president 
and  was  for  one  term  Kiwanis  district  governor.  For 
many  years,  he  has  been  a  director  of  the  State  Trust  and 
Savings    Bank    of    Peoria    of    which    he    is   the   counsel. 

Attorney  Shurtleff  was  united  in  marriage  with  Maude 
E.  Hill  at  Dundee,  Illinois,  December  12,  1910.  There  are 
two  children,  Margaret  and  Flavel.  The  Shurtleff  home  is 
at    212    South    Glen  wood    Avenue,    and    Mr.    Shurtleff's    office 

is    at    911    Central    National    Bank    Building. 

*  #      * 

GEORGE  W.  MICHELL,  M.  D. 
(Continued  from  Page  230) 
teen  years  of  age.  James  M.  Michell  engaged  in  the  gen- 
eral merchandise  business  in  Gridley,  served  as  postmaster 
for  a  quarter  of  a  century,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
in  1891,  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  residents  of  that 
community. 

After  graduating  from  the  Gridley  high  school,  George  W. 
Michell  decided  upon  a  medical  career  and  became  a  student 
at  Rush  Medical  College,  Chicago,  completing  the  course  in 
1902.  For  a  time  he  did  professional  work  at  Dewey 
Sanitarium,  Milwaukee,  and  in  1903,  went  from  there  to 
the  Lenont  Mining  and  Railroad  Hospital  at  Virginia,  Min- 
nesota. The  following  year,  he  became  associated  with  the 
State  Hospital  for  the  Insane  at  Bartonville,  serving  as 
chief  of  its  medical  staff  from  1904  to  1910.  Following  his 
retirement  from  the  Bartonville  hospital,  Dr.  Michell  de- 
veloped a  private  practice,  specially  in  mental  and  nervous 
diseases.  He  believes  in  studying  each  individual  case, 
learning  what  produces  injurious  and  beneficial  effects,  and 
then  safeguarding  the  patient  from  the  former  while  bring- 
ing to  bear  all  that  he  can  to  promote  the  latter.  The  Michell 
Farm  Sanitarium  on  the  Galena  road  is  known  as  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  sanitaria  in  the  country,  with  every  mate- 
rial  and    professional   aid   to   assist    in    the   work   of    restoring 

the   patients   to   normal   health. 

*  *      * 

HIRAM  EUGENE  TODD 
(Continued  from  Page  231) 
legal  partnerships.  During  his  career  as  an  attorney  in 
Peoria,  Mr.  Todd  has  become  closely  associated  with  many 
of  the  city's  leading  industries.  At  present,  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Keystone  Steel  and 
Wire  Company,  of  the  Hart  Grain  Weigher  Company,  the 
Allaire  Woodward  Company  and  the  Altorfer  Brothers  Com- 
pany, all  listed  as  important  commercial  enterprises  of 
Peoria. 

Fraternally,  also,  Mr.  Todd  occupies  a  prominent  niche 
in  the  city's  "Who's  Who."  He  is  a  Master  Mason  of 
Illinois  No.  263,  a  member  of  the  Union  League  of  Chicago, 
and  a  member  of  the  University,  Creve  Coeur,  and  Peoria 
Country    Clubs. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Bertha  Ferris  in  Peoria,  Septem- 
ber 10,  1900,  and  is  the  father  of  three  children:  Sally  G., 
Harriett  A.,  and  James  R.  Todd.  He  occupies  a  suite  of 
offices  at  318  Central  National  Bank  Building  and  resides  at 
311    Crescent   Avenue. 

DOUGLAS  H.   BETHARD 

(Continued    from    Page   232) 

years    later.      He    entered    Peoria    High    School    and    studied 

for    two    years,    later    matriculating    to    Jacksonville    Business 

College,    where   he   studied   subjects   of   commerce    for   a   time. 

Upon  his  return  to  Peoria,  Mr.  Bethard  secured  a  posi- 
tion with  the  S.  H.  Thompson  Company  of  Peoria,  well 
known  wholesale  grocery  house  of  the  day.  Here  he  worked 
at  various  positions,  always  advancing,  however,  until  Mr. 
'1  hompson  withdrew  from  the  business  field  for  about  four 
years;  during  which  time,  he  traveled  for  the  Oakford  & 
Fahnestock  Company,  and  the  C.  J.  Off  Company.  He  was 
later  made  a  junior  partner  and  when  Thompson  later  sold 
his  interest  to  a  group  of  younger  men,  he  was  made  presi- 
dent  of  the  new  company.  He  has  been  honored  with  the 
presidency  of  the  National  Grocers'  Association  and  of  the 
Illinois    Grocers'    Association. 

He  has  been  an  active  booster  of  civic  affairs  in  Peoria 
for  years  and.  is  one  of  the  first  approached  in  every  public 
enterprise  of  any  consequence  that  needs  business  judgment 
and  support  to  "put  it  over."  He  was  active  in  re-organiz- 
ing the  Peoria  Association  of  Commerce  about  191 3,  and 
was    first   president    of   the    new    body. 

Mr.  Bethard  also  occupies  a  prominent  position  in  the 
social  and  fraternal  life  of  the  city,  being  widely  known 
and   popular. 


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IRA  .TENNER  COVEY 
(Continued  from  Page  232) 
man  from  the  Second  Ward  from  1907  to  1910,  when  he 
was  elected  to  a  seat  in  the  Illinois  state  legislature,  where 
he  served  his  district  to  the  best  of  his  abilities.  His  record 
is  considered  a  most  creditable  one.  In  1920,  Mr.  Covey 
was  chosen  chairman  of  Peoria  Board  of  Election  Commis- 
sioners,   which    office    he    now    holds. 

Mr.  Covey  is  a  member  of  the  Peoria  Creve  Coeur  Club, 
the  Mount  Hawley  Country  Club,  and  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason    and    Shriner. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Alta  Linnell,  June  27,  1894, 
and  is  the  father  of  four  children:  Edwin  Linn,  Mrs. 
Marion    Covey    Griesser,    Ira    J.,    Jr.    and    Thirza    E.    Covey. 

Air.  Covey  maintains  a  suite  of  offices  in  1223  Jefferson 
Building. 

*  *      * 

EDWIN    V.    CHAMPION 
(Continued   from    Page   233) 

Attorney  Champion  was  in  the  army  from  May  15,  1917, 
to  February  8,  191 9,  and  when  discharged  was  captain  of 
the    49th    Infantry.      He    had    overseas'    service. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Mount  Hawley 
Country  Club,  University  Club,  American  Business  Club,  and 
is    a   thirty-second    degree    Mason   and    Shriner. 

Mr.  Champion's  parents  were  Joseph  Van  Meter  Cham- 
pion and  Minnie  Dewey  Smithson  Champion,  prominent 
people   of   Mansfield. 

His  home  is  100  West  Moss  Avenue,  and  his  business  ad- 
dress   is    1009    Peoria    Life    Building. 

Attorney  Champion  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  of  the 
younger  lawyers  of  Peoria  and  Central  Illinois.  He  served 
two  years  as  assistant  state's  attorney,  and  made  an  envia- 
ble   record    in   that    office. 

*  *      * 

JOHN  ROBERT  COLEMAN 
(Continued  from  Page  233) 
than  Mr.  Coleman  in  backing  all  patriotic  movements,  both 
national  and  local.  He  gave  much  of  his  time  to  the 
furtherance  and  promotion  of  the  various  Liberty  Loan 
drives  selling  many  of  them  himself.  He  has  also  long 
been  interested  in  all  civic  movements  for  the  betterment 
of  his  community. 

Mr.  Coleman  is  actively  associated  in  Masonic  work  in 
Peoria.  He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  and  a  noble 
of  Mohammed  Shrine.  He  is  also  a  popular  member  of 
the    Creve    Coeur    and    Kiwanis    Clubs    of    Peoria. 

Mr.  Coleman  married  Miss  Cleo  G.  Woerner,  January 
2,  1917,  in  this  city.  He  resides  at  215  North  Underhill 
Street,    Peoria. 

*  *     * 

THOMAS    JOSEPH    CODY 
(Continued   from   Page   233) 

In  politics  as  in  business,  Mr.  Cody  has  enjoyed  unusual 
triumphs.  In  1918,  he  was  elected  to  represent  residents 
of  the  Sixth  Ward  of  Peoria  in  the  city  council,  which  he 
did  so  capably  as  to  be  re-elected  for  three  consecutive 
terms.  In  1924,  he  was  again  chosen  to  serve  as  alderman 
for   a   two-year   term,    making  a    total   of   eight    years'    service. 

Fraternally,  Mr.  Cody  is  widely  known,  being  especially 
interested    in    the    Knights    of    Columbus,    Elks   and    Foresters. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Hefferon  in  Peoria,  and 
is  the  father  of  four  children.  His  business  address  is  at 
1 1 29    South    Adams    Street. 

Mr.  Cody  has  installed  his  work  in  the  Peoria  Life  Build- 
ing, the  Lehmann  Building,  the  Hull  Theatre  and  apart- 
ment building,  the  Illinois  State  Armory,  Peoria  county 
jail,  the  power  plant  of  the  Illinois  Power  and  Light  Cor- 
poration, and  several  of  the  city's  largest  and  finest  resi- 
dences. The  above  named  buildings  include  the  largest  in 
the  city. 

*  *     * 

CHARLES  L.  CRAWFORD 
(Continued  from  Page  233) 
for  two  years,  and  later  moving  to  Peoria,  where  he  set 
himself  up  in  the  jewelry  business,  employing  one  assistant. 
Under  his  capable  direction,  Mr.  Crawford's  business  has 
grown  to  a  large  concern  occupying  large  salesrooms  and 
workshop,  and  employing  twelve  people,  and  enjoying  promi- 
nent  space   in   the    front   ranks   of   like   enterprises   of    Peoria. 

Mr.  Crawford  has  long  been  active  in  civic  undertak- 
ings of  Peoria,  and  at  present  is  member  of  the  Association 
of  Commerce  of  the  Peoria  Retail  Merchants'  Association, 
and    of   the    Creve    Coeur    Club. 

He     was     married     to     Miss     Minnie     Margaret     Smith     in 
Peoria,    October     16,    1906,    and    is    the    father    of    one    son,  • 
William    Harvey    Crawford. 

Mr.  Crawford's  business  address  is  at  214-216  South 
Adams    Street,    on    the    second    floor. 

WILLIAM     H.    DAY 

(Continued   from    Page   234) 

When  but  a  youth,  Mr.   Day   felt  the  call  to  the  colors  and 

soon  after  Fort   Sumter   was   fired   upon   enlisted  in   the   ranks 

of   the   Union   army,    serving   for    six   months   as   high    private 

in    the    139th    Illinois    infantry    regiment. 

Mr.  Day  is  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the  Creve 
Coeur  Club  of  Peoria,  and  has  a  wide  acquaintance  among 
the    city's    business    and    professional    folk. 


CHESTER    O.    FISCHER 
(Continued   from   Page   234) 
finally  decided  to  devote  his   entire  time  to  the  executive  end 
of  that  business.      The   growth  of   the   Massachusetts  company 
in    Peoria,    during   the   comparatively   short   time   of   his   man- 
agement,   gives   mute    evidence    of    the    success   of   his   efforts. 

Fraternally  few  men  are  better  known.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Peoria  Elks'  Lodge,  the  Masons,  University,  Creve 
Coeur,  and  Peoria  Country  Clubs,  the  Optimist  Club,  Il- 
linois Club,  Association  of  Commerce  and  the  Peoria  Bar 
Association. 

Mr.  Fischer  has  been  married  twice.  His  first  wife, 
Catherine  Faber  Fischer,  to  whom  he  was  married,  October 
'5.  I9'5»  passing  away  December  10,  1918.  He  married 
Grace  Nelson  in  Peoria,  April  4,  1923.  He  is  the  father  of 
two  children:  Catherine  M.  and  Elizabeth  F.,  borne  him  by 
his    first    wife. 

Mr.  Fischer's  success  has  placed  him  among  the  most 
successful     of    the     young    business     executives    of    the    city. 

JOHN    E.    DOUGHERTY 
(Continued   from    Page   234) 
then    opened    his    office   at    702    Peoria    Life    Building,    where 
he    is    located   at    present. 

Mr.  Dougherty  was  married,  August  9,  1923,  to 
Katherine  Welton,  the  ceremony  taking  place  in  Chicago, 
Illinois.  He  was  born  in  Chillicothe,  Illinois,  August  17, 
1 89 1,  the  son  of  James  M.  and  Alice  Sutton  Dougherty. 
His    home    address    is     109    Roanoke    Avenue,    Peoria. 

Mr.  Dougherty  is  widely  known  in  the  city,  county  and 
state  at  large  as  a   legal   man  of  wide   knowledge  and   ability. 

LOUIS    J.    GAUSS 
(Continued    from    Page   235) 

Mr.  Gauss'  career  of  public  service  started  in  1906,  when 
he  was  chosen  to  fill  the  office  of  deputy  county  treasurer, 
and  where  he  served  capably  until  1914,  when  he  was 
elected  county  treasurer.  He  remained  in  this  position  for 
four  years,  and  in  1918,  was  the  people's  choice  for  county 
clerk,  which  office  he  now  holds.  He  served  as  president  of 
the    state    association    of    county    officials    from     1923-24. 

But,  despite  commercial  successes  and  a  wide  political 
acquaintanceship,  Mr.  Gauss  is  perhaps  more  widely  known 
through  his  earnest  endeavors  and  singular  honors  accorded 
him  in  the  fraternal  world,  more  particularly  along  the 
lines  of  Free  Masonry.  He  started  his  career  with  Temple 
Lodge  No.  46,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  is  a  member  of  the 
Peoria  Consistory,  a  noble  and  past  potentate  of  Mohammed 
Shrine,  a  member  of  Peoria  Chapter  No.  7,  Royal  Arch 
Masons,  a  member  of  Peoria  Council  No.  11,  R.  and  S.  M., 
president  of  the  board  of  trustees,  Mohammed  Association, 
a  member  of  Peoria  Commandery  No.  3,  Knights  Templar, 
and  holds  honorary  membership  in  Ansar  Temple,  A.  A. 
O.  N.  M.  S.,  located  at  Springfield,  Illinois,  of  the  Central 
City  Chapter,  O.  E.  S.,  and  the  Caravan  Club  of  the  Peoria 
Shrine  Temple.  Mr.  Gauss  is  also  a  member  of  Colonel  W. 
A.  Thursh  Camp,  No.  25,  Sons  of  Veterans,  of  Charter  Oak 
Camp,  Modern  Woodmen,  and  of  West  Bluff  Lodge  No. 
177,  Knights  of  Pythias.  Mr.  Gauss  is  also  past  president 
of   the    Kiwanis    Club    of    Peoria. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Jennie  Ockenga,  at  Peoria,  Octo- 
ber 27,  1908,  and  is  the  father  of  two  children:  William 
Paul   and    Warren    Calvin    Gauss. 

*  *      * 

ROSCOE     CHARLES    FREDERICK 

(Continued   from   Page   234) 

19 12,    he   was    elected    to    the    office   of    justice    of   the   peace, 

which    office    he    now    holds.      In     191 5,    he    was    married    to 

Miss    Myrtle    Black,    of    this    city. 

Mr.  Frederick  has  long  been  an  important  factor  in  the 
rather  remarkable  success  of  the  legal  firm  Frederick  and 
Frederick,  which  has  progressed  rapidly  and  at  present  oc- 
cupies extensive  offices  at  319  Main  Street,  Peoria.  While 
at  college,  he  was  a  popular  member  of  Pi  Kappa  Alpha 
and    Phi    Alpha    Delta    fraternities. 

Fraternally,  Justice  Frederick  occupies  a  prominent  niche 
in  the  city's  "Who's  Who,"  being  an  active  member  in 
the  Peoria  Chapter  of  the  Elks'  Lodge,  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  the  University  Club,  and  the  Illinois  Lodge  No. 
263,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  the  Peoria  Consistory,  Peoria  Coun- 
cil   No.     11,    Peoria    Chapter    No.    7,   and    Mohammed    Shrine. 

Despite  his  years,  Justice  Frederick  is  undoubtedly  one 
of  the  reasons  for  Peoria's  reputation  as  a  legal  center,  and 
few    men    can    claim    higher    esteem    in    the    minds    of    fellow 

associates     and     friends. 

*  *      * 

CLIFFORD     I.     HIRT 

(Continued   from   Page   235) 
veloped     his     business     until     it     is     now     one     of     the     large 
baking   establishments    of   the   state,    serving   not   only  a    large 
part     of     Peoria,     but     many     towns     and     cities     w:ithin     the 
Peoria    radius. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  the  Knights 
Templar  and  Shrine,  and  the  Peoria  Automobile  Club.  He 
is  progressive  in  business,  and  is  always  interested  in  ad- 
vancing the  interests  of  the  community.  He  resides  at 
515  Shipman  Street,  and  his  business  address  is  100 
Warner    Street. 


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JOHN    W.    HARTZ 

(Continued    from    Page   236) 
was    also    chairman    of    the    inter-club    committee    of    service 
clubs  in    1924-      He  is   a   member   of   the   Association   of   Com- 
merce,    Kiwanis     Club,     Creve     Coeur     Club,     Peoria     Auto- 
mobile   Club,    the    Shrine    and    other    organizations. 

He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Edna  E.  Hoover  at 
Washington,  Illinois,  October  12,  1898,  and  there  are  two 
children:    Mrs.    Madaline   E.    Bennett   and   Wilson   H.    Hartz. 

Mr.  Hartz  devotes  much  time  and  effort  to  civic  work 
and  specially  in  connection  with  the  Kiwanis  Club  activi- 
ties. I  lis  residence  is  in  Fon  du  Lac  township  across  the 
Illinois     River     from     Peoria,     and     his     business     address     is 

529-31    South    Adams    Street. 

*  #      * 

JAY    T.    HUNTER 
(Continued   from   Page   236) 
Scully,    and    still    later    with    Hunter,    Page    and    Kavanaugh, 
of    which    firm    he    is   at    present    senior    member. 

But  despite  a  life  full  of  legal  activity,  Mr.  Hunter  has 
always  found  time  to  be  active  in  civic  affairs.  He  served 
for  two  years  as;  president  of  the  Peoria  Board  of  School 
inspectors,  1914-15,  and  was  also  a  member  of  the  exemp- 
tion  board   of  the  city   during  the   period   of   the   World   War. 

He  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Oakford,  May  6,  1915,  and 
has  two  children:  Thomas  Oakford  Hunter  and  Mary 
Wilson  Hunter.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  and 
Peoria    Country    Clubs.      He    resides    at    304    Parkside    Drive. 

ROSCOK     HERGET 
(Continued   from    Page   235) 
to    the    Illinois    bar    in    1913,    and    was    one    of    the    few    men 
instrumental    in    the   organization   of   the    Peoria    Better    Busi- 
ness   Bureau.      He   is   now   its   manager   counsel. 

Attorney  Herget  is  a  member  of  the  Mount  Hawley  Coun- 
try Club,  the  University  Club,  the  Peoria  Advertising  and 
Selling  Club,  the  American  Bar  Association,  the  Illinois 
Bar  Association,  the  Peoria  Bar  Association,  Phi  Gamma 
Delta,  and  Phi  Delta  Phi  fraternities,  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason,  member  of  the  Peoria  Commandery,  Knight  Templar, 
and    a    noble    of    Mohammed    Shrine. 

Mr.  Herget  was  married  on  September  14,  1921,  to  Miss 
Mary  Lilly  Kendall  at  Parmer  City,  Illinois.  He  is  the 
father  of  one  child,  Minnie  Martha  Herget,  and  resides 
on  Grand   View   Drive.      He  occupies  a   suite   of  offices  in   the 

Tefferson     Building. 

*  *      * 

FRANK    A.    HALL 

(Continued   from   Page   236) 

the    practice    of    his    chosen    profession,    and    after    a    short 

time   was   chosen   to   serve   the   community   in   the   capacity   of 

justice    of   the   peace. 

Under  his  capable  management  of  public  safety,  his 
adherents  became  convinced  that  he  should  again  run  for 
office,  and  he  was  returned  in  office  by  an  overwhelming 
majority,  an  example  of  the  confidence  of  the  city  at 
large    in    him. 

Mr.    Hall    is   a   member   of   the   University   Club   of   Peoria. 

He  married  Miss  Ada  Stiel,  July  4,  1921,  at  Jefferson, 
Wisconsin,    and    is    the    father    of    one    son,    Franklin. 

ERNEST  JOHN  GALBRAITH 
(Continued  from  Page  235) 
the  responsible  office  of  state's  attorney  of  Peoria  County, 
elected  in  1920.  He  has  served  as  village  attorney  for 
Averyville,  Illinois,  for  Bartonville,  Illinois,  and  has  been 
public  administrator  and  guardian  of  Peoria  County  for 
the  four  years,  from  1916  to  1920,  under  appointment  of 
Governor    Lowden. 

During  the  World  War  period,  few  were  more  active 
than  Mr.  Galbraith  in  furthering  such  patriotic  movements 
as    the    Liberty    Loan    drives,    etc. 

Mr.  Galbraith  is  also  a  director  of  the  Farmers'  and 
Mechanics'  State  Bank  of  Averyville,  Illinois.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  the  Mount  Hawley  Coun- 
try Club,  the  LTniversity  and  Kiwanis  Clubs,  and  a  thirty- 
second   degree    Mason   and    Shriner    of    Mohammed   Temple. 

He  married  Miss  Harriett  Brenton,  October  13,  1913, 
at  Peoria,  and  is  the  father  of  two  children:  Virginia  and 
Marian. 

*  *     * 

FRANK    J.     KEATING 
(Continued    from    Page   237) 
Company    (domestic    oil    burners),    Sam    Levinson    and    Com- 
pany,   insurance,    Cream    Products    Company    and    the    Chas. 
C.    Adams    Company. 

Mr.  Keating  is  president  of  the  Kickapoo  Golf  Club,  is 
a  member  of  the  Fort  Madison  Country  Club  of  Fort  Madi- 
son,   Iowa,   and   is  affiliated    with   the    Beta    Mu    fraternity. 

On  November  25,  1900,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Clarabel  Flanigon  at  Peoria.  There  are  four  children: 
Francis,    James,    Helen    and    Genevieve. 

Mr.  Keating's  business  office  is  506  Lehmann  Building, 
and   his   residence   is  at   510   Frye   Avenue. 


HENRY   F.   KIRCHER 

(Continued  from  Page  -\i7> 
government  of  the  county  and  in  extending  road  improve- 
ments. He  has  served  acceptably  as  chairman  of  the  finance 
committee  of  the  Peoria  County  Tuberculosis  Association, 
as  president  of  the  Day  Nursery  of  the  Volunteers  of 
America,  and  past  chairman  of  the  board  of  the  Universalist 
Church. 

He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Grace  Shook, 
February  2,  1900,  at  Davenport,  Iowa.  Mrs.  Kircher  died  in 
June,    1920.     lie    has    no    children. 

Mr.  Kircher  is  a  Mason  and  Shriner,  an  Elk,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Optimist  Club  and  Sons  of 
Veterans.  He  is  president  of  Henry  1".  Kircher  Company, 
and  a  director  in  the  National  Warehouse  Company.  His 
business  address  is  1202  Lehmann  Building,  and  his  res- 
idence   is   at    300    North    Madison    Avenue. 

WILLIAM    EDWARD    JOHNSTON 
(Continued    from    Page   2.57) 

On  February  14,  1899,  Mr.  Johnston  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Sarah  Colean  at  Carlinville,  Illinois.  The 
children    are:    Francis   J.    and    Ruth    Neoma. 

Mr.  Johnston,  aside  from  being  president  of  the  two  or- 
ganizations mentioned  at  the  beginning  of  this  sketch,  is 
connected  with  several  other  organizations  and  is  vice- 
president  of  the  Peoria  Automobile  Club,  near  Chillicothe, 
Illinois.  He  is  a  Shriner,  Knight  Templar  and  thirty-second 
degree  Mason,  a  Rotarian,  and  membeJ  of  the  Creve  Coeur, 
Country  and  Automobile  Clubs.  Since  coming  to  Peoria 
from  Indianapolis,  in  1900,  he  has  not  only  firmly  es- 
tablished himself  in  business  and  club  life,  but  has  taken 
an  active  part  in  civic  affairs.  During  the  war,  he  served 
on  the  Liberty  Loan  drives,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
Illinois    militia. 

He  resides  at  200  North  University,  and  his  business 
address    is    1810    Main    Street. 

*  *      * 

EDGAR  JOSEPH  KAHN 
(Continued  from  Page  238) 
of  the  Southern  plants,  with  headquarters  at  Clarendon, 
Arkansas,  and  still  later  served  as  treasurer  of  the  com- 
pany, holding  this  responsible  post  for  ten  years.  Shortly 
after  this  period,  he  came  again  to  Peoria,  and  was  sub- 
sequently   made    president    of    the    concern    in     1921. 

Mr.  Kahn  is  also  vice-president  of  the  Superior  Oil  Com- 
pany,   leading    Peoria    business    enterprise. 

Mr.  Kahn  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Mount 
Hawley  Country  Club,  Peoria  Automobile  Club,  vice-pres- 
ident of  the  Optimist  Club,  and  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason    and    Shriner. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Olive  Julian  at  Little  Rock, 
Arkansas,  November  7,  1912,  and  is  the  father  of  one  son, 
Julian. 

Mr.  Kahn's  business  offices  are  located  at  2409  South 
Washington    Street. 

ELWOOD     RAYMOND     KROOS 

(Continued    from    Page   238) 

this    position    until    1924,    when    he    became    interested    in    the 

business   of   adjustment    of   insurance   losses,    representing   the 

people. 

Mr.  Kroos  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Globe  Manufacturing 
Company,  the  Born-Reid-Morgan  Company,  and  a  prominent 
stockholder  in  the  Morgan  Company,  of  Vincennes,  In- 
diana. 

Few  men  are  better  known  in  Peoria  business  circles  than 
Mr.  Kroos.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Peoria  Rotary  Club,  the 
Peoria  Automobile  Club,  the  Creve  Coeur  Club  and  all 
Masonic    bodies. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Harriett  Markley  in  Peoria,  De- 
cember 2,  1902,  and  resides  at  124  Cooper  Street  in  the 
Peoria    West    Bluff    District. 

Mr.    Kroos   maintains   a   suite   of   offices   in   the   Peoria    Life 

Building,    532. 

*  #     * 

RALPH  C.  LOWES 
(Continued  from  Page  238) 
New  York  office  of  the  Armour  Packing  Company.  He  was 
afterwards  transferred  to  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  and  was  ap- 
pointed assistant  general  manager  there,  at  the  Kansas  City 
plant  of  the  Armour's.  Later  he  became  general  manager 
of  the  Peoria  Packing  Company,  which  is  now  known  as 
the  Wilson  Provision  Company.  Since  November  1st,  1917, 
he  has  been  Illinois  state  manager  for  The  Lincoln  National 
Life  Insurance  Company,  and  has  become  one  of  the  lead- 
ing  life    insurance   men    in    the    State. 

Mr.  Lowes  has  always  been  actively  interested  in  politics 
and  in  civic  affairs.  He  has  served  the  city  as  alderman 
and  has  been  prominent  in  various  civic  organizations.  For 
twenty  years,  he  was  chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees  of 
the  Union  Congregational  Church,  Peoria.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  University  Club.  Peoria  Com- 
mandery, K.  T.,  Scottish  Rite,  and  Mohammed  Temple 
Shrine. 

Mr.  Lowes'  office  is  at  203  Central  National  Bank  Build- 
ing and  his  residence  is  at   1102   North   Glen  Oak  Avenue. 


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WILLIAM    M.     KENNY 
(Continued   from   Page   237) 
position    of    chief    inspector    of    the    Peoria     Fire    Prevention 
Bureau. 

He  served  capably  in  this  capacity  until  1923,  when  he  was 
chosen  to  head  the  fire  department  as  fire  marshal.  He  is 
serving   in  that  capacity  at  present. 

Mr.  Kenny  enjoys  a  wide  circle  of  friends  and  acquain- 
tances in  Peoria  and  abroad.  He  is  a  member  of  that  well 
known  organization  "'I  he  Boys  of  the  Old  White  School," 
a  member  of  the  Peoria  Association  of  Commerce,  an  active 
member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus  organization,  and  is 
also  a  charter  member  of  the  recently  formed  Jiryab  Caravan 
of  the  Order  of  the  Alhambra,  which  is  a  companion  or- 
ganization   of    the    Knights    of    Columbus. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Caroline  Beuchele,  July  18,  1910, 
in  Peoria,  and  is  the  father  of  one  child,  James  Nicholas 
Kenny,  aged  six.      He  resides  at   506   Hancock  Street,   Peoria. 

*  *      # 

HUGO    V.    LUCAS 
(Continued   from   Page   238) 
The    company    was    incorporated    in    1897.      For    several    years 
after    the    incorporation,    Mr.    Lucas    was    secretary,    becoming 
president   in    191 4,   and   at   the   present   time   being   both   pres- 
ident  and   treasurer. 

Mr.  Lucas  and  his  company  have  been  leaders  in  de- 
veloping Peoria,  principally  in  construction  work,  and 
literally  thousands  of  buildings,  which  have  been  erected 
from  1857  to  the  present  time,  have  utilized  products  made 
in    the   Lucas    plant. 

Mr.  Lucas'  wife  was  formerly  Emily  Vonachen;  There 
is    one    daughter,    Marie. 

His  business  address  is  1328  South  Washington  Street, 
and   his    residence   is   at    2135    Knoxville   Avenue. 

HENRY    WHITCOMB    LYNCH 
(Continued   from   Page   239) 

Mr.  Lynch  has  been  a  Republican  leader  in  this  district 
for  years.  He  entered  politics  as  alderman  in  the  old 
First  Ward,  serving  two  terms.  He  was  elected  mayor  of 
Peoria  in  1899,  serving  one  term.  He  was  appointed  post- 
master of  Peoria,  in  1906,  by  President  Roosevelt,  and  was 
re-appointed  by  President  Taft.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Creve  Coeur  Club,  Union  Congregational  Church,  Mount 
Hawley  Country  Club,  University  Club,  and  is  a  thirty- 
second    degree    Mason. 

He  has  two  sons:  Ralph  A.  and  Harold  W.,  who  are  in 
business    in    Peoria. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lynch  reside  in  a  charming  home  at  924 
Glen  Oak  Avenue.  His  business  address  is  1009  Central 
National    Bank    Building. 

*  *      * 

CHARLES    LOVERIDGE 
(Continued  from   Page   239) 
known   all    over    the    state    as    a    leader    in    his    line    of    work. 
He  is  now  the  owner   of  the  business  which   bears   his   name, 
and   is  also   vice-president   of   the   Farmers'   Loan  and   Home- 
stead   Association. 

On  October  26,  1892,  Mr.  Loveridge  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Jessie  E.  Mattson,  of  Peoria.  The  children  are: 
Charlotte  D.,  Florence  J.,  Charles  A.,  William  G.,  Walter 
E.,    Alice    F.,    Arthur    R.,    Harold    A.    and    Frank    E. 

Mr.  Loveridge  is  vitally  interested  in  civic  and  patriotic 
work.  During  the  World  War,  he  was  specially  active  in 
Liberty  Loan  drives.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masons,  West 
Bluff  Lodge  of  Knights  of  Pythias,  Charter  Oak  Lodge  of 
the  Woodmen,  Invincible  Tent  of  the  Maccabees  and  the 
Glen  Oak  Foresters.  He  is  a  man  of  high  qualities  and 
of   sterling   traits. 

CARLOS    B.    ROWLEY 
(Continued    from   Page   240) 
serving  for  eight  years  in  the  capacity  of  field  manager.      In 
1 92 1   he  organized  with  the  International   Underwriters  Auto- 
mobile    Insurance     Company,    and     has    been     the    company's 
president   ever   since. 

Mr.  Rowley  is  also  secretary  of  the  Federal  Investment 
Company,    one    of    Peoria's    prominent    financial    houses. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  and  Peoria  Country 
Clubs,  of  Temple  Lodge,   A.   F.  and  A.   M. 

Mr.  Rowley  was  married  on  June  16,  1909,  to  Miss 
Madeline  T.  Caron,  and  is  the  father  of  two  children, 
Katherine    Frances    and    Bertham. 

*  *      * 

CHARLES  F.   BARTSON 
(Continued   from   Page   241) 
engaged  in  sewer  and  drainage  system  construction  and  in  the 
building  of  railroads  and  state  roads. 

Mr.  Bartson  was  born  in  Peoria,  March  13,  1865,  the  son 
of  Joseph  and  Martha  (Lechenthalher)  Bartson,  and  in  boy- 
hood attended  the  old  sixth  ward  public  school  of  Peoria. 
He  was  married  in  Peoria,  in  November,  1888,  to  Belle 
Kellerstrass  and   has  two   daughters,   Pearl  and   Irene. 

Residence:  141 1  Knoxville  Avenue.  Business  address: 
407   Lehman   Building. 


G.    C.    McFADDEN 
(Continued   from   Page   239) 
taining   his    interest   in    the   firm   of    McFadden   and   Company 
at    Havana. 

Mr.  McFadden  is  a  member  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal 
Church  of  Peoria.  He  belongs  to  the  Phi  Delta  Theta 
fraternity.  He  became  a  Mason  in  early  manhood,  and  is 
now  a  member  of  the  Havana  Lodge  Chapter  and  Com- 
mandery.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Peoria  Shrine  and  Con- 
sistory. He  also  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club 
and    the    Peoria    Country    Club. 

Mr.  McFadden  is  married.  He  is  the  father  of  six  chil- 
dren  and    resides    at    721    Moss    Avenue. 

*  *      * 

EUGENE  OSBORN 
(Continued  from  Page  240) 
he  was  engaged  principally  in  banking  fields  with  especial 
attention  to  re-organization  work.  He  now  entered  the 
engineering  corps  of  the  United  States  Army,  and  after 
receiving  an  honorable  discharge  in  the  same  year,  moved 
to  Chicago,  where  he  was  connected  with  the  National  City 
Company.  He  moved  to  Peoria  in  the  spring  of  1919,  and 
organized    the    company,    which   bears    his    name    in    1922. 

Mr.  Osborn  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  and  Univer- 
sity Clubs  of  Peoria,  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  and  a 
noble   of  Mohammed    Shrine. 

He  married  Miss  Eloise  Dietrick,  August  29,  1914,  and 
is    the    father    of   one   child,    Sara    Ellen. 

RODNEY    MITCHELL 

(Continued   from   Page   240) 

record   keeping   and    business    transactions.    He    has    furnished 

books  for  many  Peoria  and  out  of  town  banks,  has  furnished 

the    record    books    for    the    county    offices    and    railroads. 

Mr.  Mitchell  has  a  wide  acquaintance  fraternally  in 
Peoria,  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Modern 
Woodmen    of    America. 

He  was  married  on  June  6,  1869,  to  Miss  Elmira  Dudley 
in  Peoria,  and  is  the  father  of  five  children:  Gertrude  E., 
Evangeline,    Robert    L.,    Melville    D.,    and    Elizabeth    Starr. 

Mr.  Mitchell's  business  offices  are  located  at  204  South 
Washington  Street,  where  he  manages  his  extensive  book- 
binding    establishment. 

*  *      * 

HARRY  DALE  MORGAN 
(Continued  from  Page  240) 
He  remained  here  one  year,  and  then  became  associated 
with  the  office  of  Stephens,  Miller  and  Elliott,  remaining  in 
this  position  for  a  like  period.  The  firm  of  Morgan  and 
Galbraith  next  came  into  prominence  in  his  life.  In  1913 
he  became  a  member  of  the  legal  partnership  of  McRoberts, 
Morgan  and  Zimmerman.  His  connection  here  lasted  two 
years,  and  since  19 15  he  has  been  actively  interested  in 
McRoberts  and  Morgan,  which  partially  through  his  efforts, 
has  grown  to  occupy  a  prominent  place  among  professional 
firms   of   the   city. 

Mr.  Morgan,  too,  occupies  a  prominent  place  in  the  city's 
fraternal  and  social  life.  He  enjoys  membership  in  the 
Creve  Coeur  and  University  Clubs,  in  the  Mount  Hawley 
Country  Club,  in  the  Rotary  Club  of  Peoria,  the  Peoria 
Association  of  Commerce  and  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason 
and   Shriner. 

He  was  married  July  9,  191 1,  to  Miss  Eleanor  Ellis,  in 
Peoria  and  is  the  father  of  four  children,  Robert  Dale,  Donald 
Albert,   David   William   and   George   Edward   Morgan. 

*  *     # 

ROBERT  SCHOENFELD 
(Continued  from  Page  241) 
serving  for  three  years  as  vice-president  of  this  company. 
He  remained  with  the  firm  until  1920,  when  he  organized 
the  Schoenfeld-Martin  Company.  In  1922,  he  left  to  en- 
gage in  the  investment  -  brokerage  business  which  now 
claims    his    chief    interest. 

Mr.  Schoenfeld  has  been  honored  with  the  office  of 
secretary-treasurer  of  the  Illinois  Retail  Dry  Goods  Asso- 
ciation, and  during  his  stay  in  Chicago,  served  as  president 
of  the  Chicago  Dry  Goods  Association,  an  unusual  distinc- 
tion. 

In  war  time,  1917  to  1918,  Mr.  Schoenfeld's  experience 
and  executive  ability  along  commercial  lines  was  pressed 
into  service  and  he  served  capably  as  chairman  of  the  State 
Council  of  Defense,  Commercial  Economy  Administration, 
for  Peoria  County.  He  was  also  active  in  furthering  the 
success  of  practically  every  patriotic  activity  in  the  city  dur- 
ing   that    time. 

He  is  a  well  known  clubman,  being  connected  with  the 
Creve  Coeur  Club  of  Peoria,  a  member  of  the  Peoria  Auto- 
mobile Club,  the  Mount  Hawley  Country  Club,  and  the 
Hamilton   Club   of   Chicago. 

Mr.  Schoenfeld  was  married  to  Miss  Amanda  Tatge,  June 
to,  1896,  in  Chicago,  and  is  the  father  of  two  children: 
Merritt  R.   and   Edith  A.    Schoenfeld. 


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SHELTON    F.     McGRATH 
(Continued    from    I'age   239) 
connections   with    this    firm    in    191 5,    and    opened    his    present 
office   at    Soi-oO    Jefferson    Building. 

Attorney  McGrath  is  a  forceful  speaker  and  is  eminently 
successful  as  a  trial  lawyer.  He  is  director  and  general 
counsel  for  the  Reliance  Agency  Corporation,  district  attor- 
ney for  the  Minneapolis  and  St.  Paul  Railroad  Company 
and  general  counsel  for  the  McGrath  Sand  and  Gravel  Com- 
pany. 

For  a  number  of  years,  Attorney  McGrath  has  been  in- 
terested actively  in  politics.  He  served  as  corporation  coun- 
sel for  the  City  of  Peoria  from  1921  to  1923,  and  was 
a  member  of  the  fiftieth  general  assembly  of  the  State  of 
Illinois. 

On  March  11,  1914,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Ethel  Eignus  of  Forrest,  Illinois.  The  family  home  is  on 
Grandview    drive. 

Attorney  McGrath  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club, 
Country     Club,     and     is     a     thirty-second     degree     Mason,     a 

Shriner    and    an    Elk. 

+     *     * 

WALTER  WILLIAMS 
(Continued  from  Page  24J) 
ment,  serving  as  Deputy  United  States  Marshal  until  1920, 
when  he  accepted  a  responsible  advancement  in  the  service 
of  the  American  Magnite  Stone  Corporation.  One  year 
later,  Mr.  Williams  established  himself  as  head  of  the  Wal- 
ter Williams  Service  Corporation  and  the  Walter  Williams 
Sales  Company  and  General  Auctioneers,  which  have  sub- 
sequently grown  to  occupy  places  in  t  he  front  rank  of 
similar   firms   of   the    United    States. 

Mr.  Williams  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of 
supervisors,  and  is  perhaps  one  of  the  city's  best  known 
men  in  fraternal  circles.  He  is  a  past  deputy  imperial 
prince  of  the  D.  O.  K.  K.,  serving  for  two  terms;  is 
present  temple  deputy  prince  of  the  D.  O.  K.  K.  for  this 
district  of  Illinois;  is  a  past  chancellor  commander.  Knights 
of  Pythias,  has  served  as  deputy  grand  chancellor  com- 
mander of  the  Peoria  District  for  two  terms,  and  is  a 
past    royal    vizer    of    El    Medi    Temple,    D.    O.     K.    K. 

Mr.  Williams  was  married,  in  June  of  1904,  to  Miss  Lucy 
Jordan,  and  is  the  father  of  one  child,  Lotetta,  from  a 
previous     marriage.      His     business     office     is     located     in     the 

Peoria    Life    Building. 

*  *     * 

WALTER  PETER  BACKES 

(Continued  from  Page  242) 
1903  to  1907,  as  a  surveyor  with  the  City  of  Peoria.  Later 
he  was  engaged  for  a  considerable  period  on  the  New  York 
State  barge  canal  at  Waterford,  Cohoes  and  Ft.  iiuward, 
New  York.  Other  work  has  included  service  with  the  \  lr- 
gina  Bridge  &  Iron  Company,  Memphis,  as  designing  engineer, 
1911-12;  work  in  the  office  of  the  county  surveyor,  Peoria, 
1913-16;  drainage  work  on  the  Little  River  Drainage  Dis- 
trict, Cape  Girardeau,  Missouri,  1 916-17;  and  service  with 
the  engineering  office  of  Hugh  Cooper,  New  York  City,  and 
in  subway  construction  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  191 7-18. 
His  work  with  the  Crescent  City  Coal  Company  included 
the  building  of  the  Peoria,  Hanna  City  &•  Western  Rail- 
road, the  laying  out  of  mines,  and  the  direction  of  engineer- 
ing work  on  other  of  its  La  Marsh  projects.  In  his  capacity 
as  consulting  engineer  he  serves  the  Crescent  City  Coal 
Company,  the  Peoria,  Hanna  City  &  Western  Railroad,  and 
the   Hanna   City   Mining   Company. 

Mr.  Backes  was  married  at  Albany,  New  York,  June  3, 
1914,  to  Mary  Williams  Rider,  and  in  societies  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Tau  Beta  Pi  and  Sigma  Xi  Fraternities,  and 
the  R.  T.  S.  at  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute,  and  the 
University  Club  and  the  Peoria  Automobile  Club,  Peoria. 
He   resides   at   309    South    Bourland    Street. 

*  *      * 

EARL  BUELL  WILLIAMSON 
(Continued  from  Page  242) 
Canton,  Illinois.  In  191 1,  he  also  worked  with  the  firm 
of  Jonas,  Morley  and  Dess,  of  Chicago,  Illinois,  and  still 
later  in  Wise  and  Kaylor,  another  Chicago  law  firm,  in 
1912.  In  1913,  Mr.  Williamson  was  associated  with  Bock- 
ley    Gray    and    Moore,    also    of    Chicago. 

It  was  soon  after  this,  a  career  of  various  successes  in 
Chicago,  that  Mr.  Williamson  came  to  Peoria,  where  he 
soon  gained  an  enviable  reputation  among  members  of  the 
legal     profession.  Since     that     time,      he     has     served     as 

superintendent  of  special  assessments  for  the  City  of  Peoria 
under  Mayor  Woodruff.  In  1922,  he  was  chosen  to  fill  the 
responsible  position  of  city  attorney,  which  position  he 
now    holds. 

Mr.  Williamson,  while  in  school,  was  a  popular  member 
of  the  Phi  Alpha  Delta  legal  fraternity,  being  on  the  chap- 
ter roll  both  at  the  University  of  Illinois  and  at  the  Univer- 
sity   of    Chicago. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Catherine  Callow,  in  Monmouth, 
Illinois,  January  15,  1915.  He  maintains  a  suite  of  busi- 
ness offices  at  1109  Lehmann  Building  in  the  city's  business 
district. 


ROSS    H.    STRAIN 
(Continued    from    Page    241) 
mained    in   this   business   ten    years,    then   accepting   a   position 
as  buying  agent   for  the    Eastin    Tacking    Houses  and,   leaving 
in    1905,    to    organize    the    firm    of    Strain,    (  anterberry    and 
Company. 

Perhaps  Mr.  Strain's  unusual  and  versatile  business  abili- 
ties can  best  be  spoken  of  by  the  firms  he  heads.  He  is 
president  of  the  Yernard  Film  Corporation  of  Peoria,  pres- 
ident of  the  Peoria  Bedding  and  Supply  Company,  and  is 
also  president  of  the  Board  of  the  Peoria  Municipal  Tuber- 
culosis   Sanitarium. 

Mr.  Strain  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club  of 
Peoria,  the  Peoria  Automobile  Club,  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason,  Shriner,  member  of  the  Knights  Templar,  and  direc- 
tor  of   the   Royal    Order   of   Jesters. 

He  was  married  in  Aledo,  Illinois,  June  10,  1910,  to  Miss 
Cynthia   E.   Rose. 

*  #     * 

WILLIAM    B.    REED 
(Continued   from    Page   241) 

It  was,  in  1910,  that  he  was  elected  to  fill  the  position 
of  assistant  cashier  and  served  in  that  capacity  until  191 5, 
when  he  left  to  accept  the  position  of  financial  agent  for 
the    estate    of    Walter    Barker. 

Mr.  Reed  has  always  taken  an  active  interest  in  civic 
enterprises.  For  more  than  two  years,  he  has  been  pres- 
ident of  Peoria's  Board  of  Education,  and  is  at  present 
serving  in  that  capacity.  It  is  said  of  him  that  he  has 
contributed  much  toward  constructive  improvements  and 
changes   made   under   his   regime. 

Mr.  Reed  has  a  wide  acquaintance  in  Peoria  social  and 
fraternal  life,  being  a  member  of  the  University  Club,  vice- 
president  and  director  of  the  Mount  Hawley  Country  Club, 
and   a   member   of  the   Peoria    Consistory   and    Shrine. 

He  was  married,  June  27,  1901,  to  Miss  Jennie  E.  Myers, 
of  Peoria,  and   is  the  father  of  one  child,   Virginia   M.    Reed. 

Mr.  Reed's  business  offices  are  located  at  1001  Central 
National    Bank    Building,    Peoria,    Illinois. 

*  *      * 

IRA    W.    WOLFNER 
(Continued   from   Page  242) 

Mr.  Wolfner's  business  energies  are  not  limited  to  the 
cooperage  business,  as  he  is  also  president  of  the  Frank  P. 
Lewis    Cigar   Company,    Peoria's   large   cigar    factory. 

In  every  civic  movement  and  public  charity,  Mr.  Wolfner 
takes  a  keen  interest  and  gives  considerable  personal  service 
whenever  called  upon.  He  has  devoted  considerable  of  his 
efforts  and  time  to  the  furtherance  of  Neighborhood  House, 
the  city's  big  settlement  house,  of  which  he  is  one  of  the 
board    of   directors. 

During  the  World  War,  Mr.  Wolfner  was  a  sergeant  in 
the  reserve  militia.  He  has  an  active  membership  in  the 
University  Club  and  Peoria  Country  Club,  the  Kiwanis 
Club  and  the  American  Business  Club,  and  is  a  thirty- 
second  degree  Mason  and  a  Shriner.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  and  the 
Illinois    Society    of    Engineers. 

Mr.  Wolfner  was  married,  February  3,  1914,  to  Miss  Irene 
Basch,  of  Danville,  Illinois,  and  has  three  children:  Jane 
Irene,   William  F.   and   Gertrude  V.   Wolfner. 

*  *     * 

EUGENE   BROWN 
(Continued   from   Page   243) 
1875,    the    son    of    Deloss    S.    and    Frances    Bush    Brown.    He 
attended    the    White    school    and    high    school    at    Peoria,    and 
later   turned    his   attention   and   energies   to   business,    studying 
for    a    time    at    Brown's    Business    College. 

In  1893,  ne  entered  the  real  estate  fraternity  beginning 
this  work  with  the  Title  and  Trust  Company,  of  Peoria, 
and  one  year  later,  he  started  in  business  for  himself, 
inaugurating  the  business  as  Eugene  Brown,  real  estate. 
About  1905,  Mr.  Brown,  with  his  brother,  Deloss  S.,  Jr., 
started  the  firm  of  Brown  Brothers,  which  is  still  the  firm 
name. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Mount  Haw- 
ley Country  Club,  a  Shriner,  and  a  member  of  the  Peoria 
Elks  Lodge,  and  was  the  first  president  of  the  Aircraft  Club 
of  Peoria.  During  his  career,  he  has  been  honored  by 
being  chosen  president  of  the  Peoria  Association  of  Com- 
merce, Peoria  Realty  Board,  and  of  the  Illinois  Valley  As- 
sociation. 

He  was  married,  February  22,  1900,  to  Lillias  Keith, 
and  is  the  father  of  three  children:  Elizabeth  M.  L.,  Jean 
Marian    and    Lucilee    Brown. 

His  business  offices  are  located  at  408  Fulton  Street  in 
the    heart    of    the    business    district. 


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EDWARD  H.  WALKER 
(Continued  from  Page  243) 
with  another  well  known  Peoria  business  man,  Harvey  Light- 
ner.  For  a  period  of  ten  years  the  firm  went  under  the 
name  of  Walker  and  Lightner,  and  for  a  like  number  of 
years  was  known  as  Walker  and  Mcllvaine,  finally  taking 
the  name  of  Isaac  Walker  and  Son.  In  1880,  on  the  death 
of  his  father,  the  firm,  which  had  now  progressed  to  one 
of  the  city's  leading  commercial  houses,  was  incorporated 
under  the  name  of  Isaac  Walker  Hardware  Company,  as  it 
is  now   designated. 

Mr.  Walker  is  and  has  been  one  of  the  heaviest  backers 
of  all  movements  for  civic  welfare.  He  is  an  active  mem- 
ber of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  the  Peoria  Automobile  Club 
and    the    Peoria    Country    Club. 

On  June  6,  1881,  he  was  married  to  Jessie  Clegg  at 
Peoria,  and  is  the  father  of  two  children:  Edward  I.  Wal- 
ker, now  residing  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  and  Mrs. 
Lucile     Martin     of     Peoria.      He     resides    at     1216     Knoxville 

Avenue,   in    Peoria. 

*  *     * 

JOHN    B.    WILTON 
(Continued   from    Page   243) 
rapidly    until    it    now    ranks    high    among    the    city's    business 
enterprises. 

Later  in  life,  Mr.  Wilton  turned  his  energy  to  financial 
matters,  becoming  interested  in  the  Peoria  Loan  and  Home- 
stead Association,  and  later  when  the  South  Side  Trust  and 
Savings  Bank  was  organized  a  few  years  ago,  he  was 
selected   as   a   member   of   its    board    of    directors. 

Fraternally  few  men  can  claim  a  more  prominent  place 
in  the  city  than  Mr.  Wilton.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  Calanthe  Lodge,  the  Canadian  Club,  Odd 
Fellows,  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason,    and   a    noble   of   Mohammed    Shrine. 

Mr.  Wilton  was  married,  October  26,  1885,  to  Miss  Emma 
Bennett,  in  the  City  of  Peoria,  and  is  the  father  of  three 
children:    James    B.,    Ruth    and    Florence    (Mrs.    Charles    M. 

Fryer,    of    Oakland,    California). 

*  *      * 

NATHAN    H.    WEISS 
(Continued   from   Page   243) 
the    bar    while    he    was    with    William    V.    Tefft,    then    State's 
attorney,   in    1904,   and   was    associated    with   Joseph   A.    Weil 
for    a    number    of   years   in   the   general    practice    of   law,   and 
has   maintained    his    own   office   since    1916. 

In  connection  with  his  law  work,  Attorney  Weiss 
represents  the  Spanish,  German,  Hungarian  and  Austrian 
consuls    in    Chicago,    for    Peoria   and   vicinity. 

He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Edna  Wildberg  at 
Peoria,  June  28,  1910.  During  the  World  War,  he  served 
on  various  committees  and  in  all  the  loan  drives.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur  Club,  Optimist  Club,  Knights 
of  Pythias,   D.   O.   K.   K.,  Modern  Woodmen  and   I.   O.    B.    B. 

His  residence  is  at  200  North  Maplewood,  and  his  law 
office  is  at  601    Lehmann   Building. 


THEODORE  PENFIELD  WALKER 
(Continued  from  Page  244) 
in  the  Philippine  Constabulary  of  the  Philippine  Islands. 
During  part  of  this  service,  he  served  as  a  lieutenant-governor 
of  the  wild  tribes  of  Panay  Island,  a  responsible  and  dan- 
gerous post.  In  the  year  1916,  he  resigned  from  the  army 
and  was  appointed  to  a  position  on  the  foreign  staff  of 
the  Standard  Oil  Company  of  New  York,  serving  in  China 
and  Dutch  East  Indies.  From  1919  to  1921,  he  was  east- 
ern manager  for  the  American  Metal  Company  in  the  Dutch 
East  Indies  and  the  Strait  Settlement,  and  in  1923,  came 
to    Peoria    with    the    Commercial    Solvents    Corporation. 

When  the  World  War  held  the  country's  attention,  Major 
Walker  entered  the  lists  as  a  major  in  the  Nation's  air 
service,  serving  at  general  headquarters  with  the  Air  Service, 
Third  Army  Corps.  He  is  now  holding  a  commission  as  major 
in   the   United    States    Reserve    Air    Service. 

Major  Walker  is  a  member  of  the  Creve  Coeur,  and 
Peoria  Country  Club,  and  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason. 
He  married  Miss  Eugenie  Revel  at  Paris,  France,  May  27, 
19 1 9,    and    resides   at    601    Parkside    Drive. 

*  *     * 

FREDERICK    E.    ZIMMERMAN 
(Continued   from   Page   244) 
The   growth    of   the   two    concerns    in    which    he   has   been   in- 
terested,  speaks   too,   of   his   managerial   and  executive  abilities. 

He  is  perhaps  among  the  most  widely  known  Peoria  men 
in  lodge  and  fraternal  circles.  The  Optimist  Club;  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.  No.  166;  Columbia  Lodge  No.,  21;  Odd  Fellows, 
and  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  all  have  his  name  dis- 
played   on    their    membership    rolls. 

Mr.  Zimmerman  was  married  to  Miss  Lydia  Hortman, 
December  5,  1904,  and  is  the  father  of  four  children: 
Elise    L.,    Minnie,    LeRoy    and    Harley    F. 

*  *      * 

HERBERT  EDMUND  HEWITT 
(Continued  from  Page  244) 
Peoria  Elks  Club  and  Peoria  Association  of  Commerce.  He 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Helen  Richmond  Carter  at  Lynn, 
Massachusetts,  October  10,  1906,  and  has  two  children,  Carter 
Edmund  Hewitt,  born  October  6,  1907;  and  Gillette  Hewitt, 
born  May  3,  1910.  The  Hewitt  residence  is  727  Moss  Ave- 
nue, Peoria,  and  the  firm's  offices  are  at  1600  Peoria  Life 
Building. 

*  *      * 

FRANK  NELSON  EMERSON 

(Continued   from   Page   244) 

been  active   in  many  lines   of  endeavor.      He   is  a   member  of 

the  Creve  Coeur   Club,  University   Club  and   Country  Club  of 

Peoria. 

His  business  address  is  Hewitt  &  Emerson,  1600  Peoria 
Life   Building. 


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Springfield— The  Qapitcd--cT(ich  in  the  Spirit  of 

J^hicoln 

Prepared  By  Illinois  State  Journal,  Springfield. 

JPRINGI  IELD  enjoys  the  distinction  of  having  survived  and  grown  as  a 
pioneer  prairie  town.  The  early  tendency  to  build  on  navigable  streams 
had  no  part  in  its  development.  Until  recent  years  it  resisted  the  lure  of 
its  nearest  river,  the  Sangamon. 

J  he  first  settlement  on  the  site  of  Springfield  was  made  by  emigrants 
from  North  Carolina.  Elisha  Kelly,  a  hunter,  coming  West  in  1818,  was  impressed 
with  the  hunting  along  Spring  Creek,  where  the  timber  made  a  cover  for  deer  which 
fed  on  the  nearby  prairies.  Returning  to  North  Carolina,  he  induced  his  father, 
Henry  Kelly,  and  four  brothers,  John,  Elijah,  William  and  George,  to  come  to  the 
vicinity. 

The  Kellys  formed  a  settlement  on  a  branch  of  Spring  Creek,  which  became  the 
nucleus  of  the  future  state  capital.  When  in  1821,  the  legislature  authorized  the 
creation  of  Sangamon  County,  Zachariah  Peter,  Rivers  Cormack  and  William  Dren- 
nan  were  elected  its  first  commissioners  to  select  a  county  seat  "to  be  the  temporary 
seat  of  justice  until   otherwise  provided  by  law." 

Had  the  commissioners  followed  the  prevailing  custom,  the  temporary  court 
would  have  been  established  on  the  Sangamon  River.  But  there  was  no  settlement 
on  the  river  where  the  officers  of  the  new  court  could  be  housed  and  where  the  county 
business  could  be  transacted. 

John  Kelly  offered  his  home  and  so  the  Kelly  settlement  became  the  temporary 
seat  of  justice.  The  commissioners  were  elected  April  2,  1821,  and  held  their  first 
meeting  the  following  day.  They  appointed  Charles  R.  Matheny  clerk  of  the  court. 
On  April  10,  they  appointed  James  Sims  county  treasurer  and  named  three  justices  of 
the  peace — John  Lindsey,  Stephen  Stillman  and  John  Robison.  The  same  day  they 
staked  a  point  in  the  prairie  near  John  Kelly's  farm  as  the  site  for  a  court  house.  This 
is  now  the  northwestern  corner  of  Second  and  Jefferson  Streets  in  Springfield. 

First  Court  House  Cost  $^.2.50. 

Kelly  was  authorized  to  build  a  log  court  house.  The  contract  shows  that  the 
structure  cost  $42.50.  Jesse  Brevard  was  given  the  contract  for  erecting  a  fireplace 
and  putting  the  building  in  condition  for  winter  occupancy. 

On  June  4,  provision  was  made  for  an  addition  to  the  county's  government  equip- 
ment and  Robert  Hamilton  was  given  a  contract  to  erect  a  jail.  This  cost  $84.75. 
These  were  the  first  public  buildings  in  Springfield. 

When  the  matter  of  permanently  locating  the  county  seat  came  up,  the  disposition 
to  build  on  the  river  manifested  itself.  A  majority  favored  a  river  location  and  the 
selection  of  a  county  seat  became  an   issue  in  the  legislative  election. 

William  S.  Hamilton,  son  of  Alexander  Hamilton,  favored  Sangamo,  seven 
miles  northwest  of  Springfield  on  the  river  bank.  Jonathan  S.  Pugh  was  for  Spring- 
field. Hamilton  was  elected  to  the  legislature,  but  Pugh  and  other  friends  of  Spring- 
field succeeded  in  inducing  the  commissioners  to  confirm  the  original  selection  of  Spring- 
field. 

Land  for  the  county  seat  site  was  donated  by  Elijah  lies  and  Pascal  Enos.  Forty- 
two  acres  were  in  the  site,  which  was  divided  into  town  lots.     These  were  sold  at  auc- 


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tion  at  the  state  capitol  in  Vandalia,  May,  1825.  One  square  having  been  reserved 
for  county  buildings,  in  September,  1825,  provision  was  made  for  the  erection  of  a 
new  frame  court  house,  which  was  located  at  the  northeast  corner  of  Adams  and  Sixth 
Streets,  south  and  east  of  the  old  site  and  farther  distant  from  the  river. 

While  Springfield  was  the  name  given  the  location  of  the  county  seat  when  it 
was  staked  out  by  the  commissioners,  the  first  plat  of  lots  carried  the  name  Calhoun. 
This  embraces  the  northwestern  part  of  the  town.  The  county  seat  site  donated  by 
lies  and  Enos  was  made  to  conform  with  this.  The  City  of  Springfield  was  incor- 
porated under  general  laws  April  2,  1832.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  a  re-survey  was 
made  to  adjust  discrepancies  between  the  plats  of  Springfield  and  Calhoun.  The  new 
incorporation  had  for  its  first  board  of  trustees,  C.  R.  Matheny,  president;  Cyrus 
Anderson,  John  Taylor,  Elisha  Tabor,  Mordicai  Mobley  and  William  Carpenter. 

Move  for  River  Site  Frustrated. 

Tradition  has  it  that  the  early  residents  of  Springfield  used  various  artifices  in 
preventing,  at  various  times,  removal  of  the  town  to  a  site  on  the  river.  Authorities 
at  Washington,  it  is  said,  desired  that  the  land  office  be  located  on  a  stream  and 
old  settlers  told,  with  great  glee,  of  an  occasion  when  commissioners  were  sent  here  to 
effect  a  change. 

The  officials  were  entertained  by  Major  lies.  One  of  his  neighbors  volunteered 
to  pilot  the  visitors  to  the  river.  He  led  them  over  a  rough  road,  through  sloughs 
and  tangles  of  undergrowth.  They  found  a  suitable  site,  but  decided  it  would  be 
impracticable  to  build  a  road  to  it.  When  they  returned,  exhausted  by  their  day's 
exertions,  they  reported  against  a  change. 

Efforts  to  navigate  the  Sangamon  may  have  had  something  to  do  with  Spring- 
field's triumphant  maintenance  of  its  inland  site.  These  were  unsuccessful,  and  they 
discouraged  the  hope  of  building  a  town  north  and  west,  which  would  have  contin- 
uous river  connection  with  the  Illinois  and  Mississippi.  Building  of  a  railroad  to  the 
Illinois    River  put    an   end   to    all    such   enterprises. 

Abraham  Lincoln  was  a  member  of  the  town  board  elected  in  1839.  Politics 
had  played  an  important  part  in  making  Springfield  the  county  seat  of  Sangamon 
County.  It  was  to  figure  in  the  selection  of  Springfield  as  the  future  capital.  Owing 
to  the  fact  that  emigration  to  Illinois  had  carried  the  center  of  population  far  north, 
there  was  objection  to  retaining  the  state  capital  at  Vandalia. 

When  the  period  for  which  it  had  been  located  there  had  expired,  the  question 
was  taken  up  in  the  general  assembly.  As  early  as  1833  numerous  prospective  sites 
for  the  new  state  capital  were  under  consideration.  The  location  was  made  in  the  ses- 
sion of  1836-37. 

In  this  session  Sangamon  County  was  represented  by  two  senators  and  seven  repre- 
sentatives. Because  of  their  physique  they  were  known  as  the  "Long  Nine."  Abra- 
ham Lincoln  was  one  of  these  House  members.  The  others  were  Ninian  W.  Edwards, 
John  Dawson,  Andrew  McCormick,  Dan  Stone,  William  F.  Elkin,  Robert  L.  Wilson. 
The  senators  were  Archer  G.  Herndon  and  Job  Fletcher. 

Civic  Spirit  Early  in  Evidence. 

Prior  to  the  session  they  had  agreed  to  concentrate  their  efforts  on  securing  the 
state  capital  for  Springfield.  At  this  time  the  state  was  enjoying  what  would  now  be 
called  a  "boom"  and  every  community  was  interested  in  prospective  improvements. 
The  legislature  had  to  do  with  the  locating  of  railroads  and  canals  and  there  was  op- 
portunity for  much  "log  rolling." 

The  "Long  Nine"  made  the  best  of  these   opportunities.      When   the   delegation 


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cast  its  votes  for  a  bill  affecting  another  community,  it  was  with  a  view  to  securing 
support  for  Springfield  in  the  fight  for  location  of  the  state  capital.  The  result  of 
this  maneuvering  was  seen  on  the  first  ballot  when  Springfield  led  Jacksonville,  Van- 
dalia,  Peoria  and  Alton,  the  major  contenders.  On  the  fourth  ballot,  it  received 
seventy-three  votes,   a  majority  over  all. 

In  securing  the  capital,  Springfield  obligated  itself  to  pay  $50,000  and  to  con- 
tribute not  less  than  two  acres  of  land  as  a  site  for  the  new  state  house.  It  was  a 
heavy  obligation  for  a  little  town  of  only  a  thousand  inhabitants.  When  the  bursting 
of  the  internal  improvement  boom  came,  the  town  was  hard  pressed  to  keep  its  agree- 
ment. Stephen  A.  Douglas,  then  a  resident  of  Jacksonville,  which  had  been  one  of 
the  cities  in  the  contest  for  the  capital,  suggested  that  Springfield  be  released  from  its 
pledge. 

Lincoln  and  his  associates  from  Springfield  declined  to  avail  themselves  of  this 
proposal.  The  citizens  paid  two-thirds  of  the  amount  in  two  installments  and  when 
no  more  ready  cash  was  available,  they  borrowed  $16,667  from  the  state  bank  and 
gave  a  note,  which  is  still  preserved  as  a  precious  relic  of  Springfield's  pioneer  civic 
ambition,   pride   and  fidelity  to   its  obligations. 

From  1832  to  1840,  Springfield  was  governed  by  a  board  of  trustees.  April  6, 
1840,  the  city  was  incorporated  under  a  charter,  which  was  submitted  to  the  voters  of 
the  town.  The  first  election  of  city  officers  was  held  April  20,  and  Benjamin  S.  Clem- 
ents became  its  first  mayor.  The  city  adopted  the  commission  form  of  government 
January  2,  191 1. 

After  Springfield  had  been  made  the  seat  of  the  state  government,  it  was  required 
on  several  occasions  to  combat  efforts  to  remove  the  capital  to  other  cities.  Peoria  did 
not  give  up  its  effort  until  after  construction  of  the  present  state  house  was  well  under 
way. 

Corner-Stone  Laid  July  4,   1S37. 

The  corner-stone  for  the  first  state  house  was  laid  July  4,  1837.  This  is  the  build- 
ing now  occupied  as  the  Sangamon  County  court  house.  The  corner-stone  of  the 
capitol  now  occupied  was  laid  October  5,  1868.  Eight  years  later  the  building  was 
first  occupied  but  it  was  not  fully  completed  until  1884.  Some  changes  in  it  have  since 
been  made,  notably,  the  removal  of  an  approach  to  the  main  floor  of  the  building  on 
the  east.  Removal  of  this  great  stairway  has  to  some  degree  changed  the  appearance 
of  the  building. 

Owing  to  litigation  by  which  the  state  was  prevented  from  closing  a  narrow 
street  on  the  south  side  of  the  court  house  grounds,  the  south  wing  of  the  building,  as 
originally  planned,  was  never  completed.  With  the  erection  of  the  Centennial  Build- 
ing, but  recently  completed,  the  state  house  was  connected  with  the  grounds  on  the 
south  and  the  unfinished  effect  is  no  longer  noticeable.  In  addition  to  the  state  capitol 
and  the  centennial  buildings,  the  state  has  erected  in  this  locality  the  Supreme  Court 
building  and  state  arsenal.  It  maintains,  too,  the  executive  mansion.  Its  architectural 
plans  contemplate  the  erection  of  other  buildings  in  this  vicinity  as  the  needs  of  the 
state  demand. 

The  state  maintains  at  Oak  Ridge  Cemetery  the  historic  Lincoln  Monument  and 
lodge,  built  there  by  popular  subscription  on  a  six-acre  plot.  Plans  for  the  erection  of 
the  monument  were  made  in  1865,  when  on  April  24th,  the  National  Lincoln  Monu- 
ment Association  was  organized.     The  monument  was  dedicated  October  15,  1874. 

Lincoln's  residence  in  Springfield,  at  Eighth  and  Jackson  Streets,  is  preserved  and 
is  maintained  by  the  state.     Plans  for  parking  adjacent  property  in  order  to  isolate  the 


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old  house  and  give  it  a  more  attractive  setting  have  been  made.  Citizens  of  Spring- 
Held  have  marked  numerous  sites  of  historic  significance  in  connection  with  the  life  of 
Lincoln. 

State  Fair  Springfield  Institution. 

The  State  tair  is  one  of  the  state  institutions  permanently  located  at  Springfield, 
occupying  a  tract  immediately  north  of  the  city.  The  land  formerly  belonged  to  the 
county  of  Sangamon  and  prior  to  the  permanent  location  of  the  State  Fair  in  Spring- 
field, county  fairs  were  held  there.     The  land  became  the  property  of  the  state  in  1923. 

Camp  Lincoln,  northwest  of  the  city,  long  employed  as  a  camping  place  for  Illi- 
nois Militiamen,  is  a  beautiful  grove  faced  with  a  parade  ground  and  flanked  with 
a  rifle  range.  The  state  also  maintains  an  experimental  laboratory  north  of  the  city 
and  a  mine   rescue  station   south  of  the   city. 

From  the  beginning  agriculture  has  been  the  basis  of  Springfield's  prosperity. 
Coal  mining,  however,  has  been  a  large  contributor  to  its  wealth.  Drifts  of  coal  were 
found  in  the  ravines  by  the  early  settlers  and  the  first  workings  were  primitive  drives 
into  the  outcroppings.  The  first  seams  in  the  vicinity  were  found  by  prospectors  for 
oil.  P.  I.  Flowlett,  boring  at  Riverton,  east  of  Springfield,  struck  coal  April  4,  1866. 
A  mine  was  sunk  at  that  point.  In  the  meantime  J.  G.  Loose  sank  another  mine  south 
of  Springfield.  He  reached  coal  in  April,  1867,  and  was  the  first  to  market  coal 
taken  from  the  lower  veins  in  this  vicinity.  The  entire  territory  surrounding  Spring- 
field is  now  honeycombed  with  mine  workings. 

Since  the  founders  of  Springfield  had  declined  to  build  the  city  on  the  river,  it 
was  necessary  to  go  to  the  river  for  water  and  in  1866  a  pumping  station  was  estab- 
lished north  of  the  city  on  the  Sangamon.  The  work  was  completed  July  1,  1868. 
It  was  the  first  waterworks  established  in  Illinois  outside  of  Chicago.  A  reservoir  was 
built  in  a  small  park  north  of  the  city  which  has  since  become  a  part  of  the  Springfield 
Park  system.  Here  is  located  the  ball  grounds  of  the  Three-Ill  League  baseball 
team. 

Springfield's  Park  system  includes  a  chain  of  parks  and  boulevards.  The  prin- 
cipal city  parks  are  Washington,  Bunn,  Bergen,  Lincoln  and  Douglas.  Carpenter 
Park,  newly  acquired,  is  on  the  Sangamon  River.  It  will  connect  with  Lake  Spring- 
field which  is  to  be  created  in  the  Sangamon  and  tributary  streams  by  the  erection  of 
an  impounding  dam  across  the  river.  Plans  for  this  improvement  include  the  park- 
ing of  the  new  lake's  borders.  Creation  of  the  Springfield  Sanitary  District  and  the 
voting  of  bonds  have  insured  this  improvement. 

School  System  Ranks  High. 

Springfield's  school  system  is  coincident  with  the  educational  development  of  the 
state.  The  first  University  of  Illinois,  now  Concordia  College,  was  located  here. 
The  city  has  always  maintained  an  excellent  public  school  system  and  numerous  private 
parochial  schools.  Abraham  Lincoln  University,  with  ambition  to  become  a  great 
national  educational  memorial,  has  made  a  beginning  in  the  capital. 

The  capital's  industrial  development  has  been  of  most  substantial  character.  It 
was  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the  employment  of  electricity  for  lighting  and  street  car 
transportation.  For  many  years  it  manufactured  one  of  the  standard  engines  used  in 
generating  electric  current.  The  municipality  operates  its  own  electric  light  plant  in 
connection  with  the  water  works. 

Springfield  watches,  electric  meters,  garage  equipment,  mining  machinery  and  farm 
implements  are  widely  used.     With  the  prospective  increase  of  its  water  supply  and  the 


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generating  of  power  from  its  abundant  fuel,  its  possibilities  as  an  industrial  center  are 
as  great  as  any  city  in  the  country.  The  Chamber  of  Commerce  is  now  engaged  in 
securing  more  liberal  transportation  rates  which  will  give  encouragement  to  manu- 
facturers.    The  city  has  adequate  railroad  facilities. 

Its  appreciation  of  their  future  is  indicated  by  its  attitude  toward  the  weaker  rail- 
roads. Springfield  led  the  movement  by  which  funds  were  raised  and  right-of-way  secured 
for  rehabilitation  of  the  bankrupted  C.  P.  &  St.  L.  system.  But  recently  it  financed  and 
built  yards  for  the  handling  of  live  stock  and  created  here  a  new  live  stock  market. 
Packing  plants  are  to  follow.  Financial  institutions  in  Springfield  include  banks  whose 
history  dates  back  to  the  creation  of  the  state  government,  a  number  of  successful  in- 
surance companies  and  substantial  building  associations.  The  city  has  the  distinction 
of  refusing  to  resort  to  cashiers'   certificates  during  nation-wide  financial  depression. 

Spirit  of  Lincoln  Prevails. 

Abraham  Lincoln  had  become  a  resident  of  Springfield  prior  to  its  incorporation. 
He  was  to  become  a  leading  figure  in  its  development  as  a  city.  The  inspiration  of  his 
life  is  to-day  the  greatest  incentive  to  Springfield  pride.  To  be  worthy  of  Lincoln  is 
the  civic  ambition  of  the  community. 

The  public  square  bears  the  name  of  Lincoln.  Llis  name  has  been  given  to  a  street 
and  an  avenue.  For  him,  the  largest  hostelry  is  named.  Old  firms  display  with  pride 
account  books  on  which  the  name  of  Abraham  Lincoln  appears.  The  sites  of  build- 
ings where  he  lived,  where  he  practiced  law,  where  he  visited  friends,  are  pointed  out. 
His  pew  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  is  marked. 

That  it  was  Abraham  Lincoln's  mouthpiece  during  his  political  career  is  the  Illi- 
nois State  Journal's  most  treasured  claim  to  distinction.  The  oldest  newspaper  in  Illi- 
nois, it  has  an  unbroken  record  of  untarnished  civic  service,  but  it  becomes  prideful 
only  when  it  refers  to  the  period  of  Lincoln's  association  with  the  paper — when  he 
helped  shape  its  editorial  policy,  contributed  to  its  columns  and  used  it  as  his  medium 
for  reaching  the  public. 

The  old  building  in  which  The  State  Journal  was  printed  in  Lincoln's  day  is 
marked.  So,  too,  is  the  site  of  the  nearby  handball  court  where  he  found  relaxation 
in  that  strenuous  sport. 

The  community  is  rich  in  memories  of  Lincoln.  They  are  a  spiritual  asset  apart 
from  the  city's  material  wealth,  its  financial  institutions,  its  industrial  and  commercial 
enterprises,  its  churches,  schools  and  its  beautiful  homes. 


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LOGAN  HAY 

The  name  Hay  lias  long  been  identified  with  the  legal,  political,  business,  civic  and  social  history  of 
Springfield,  and  through   Logan   Hay  its  best  traditions  are  being  maintained. 

The  son  of  Milton  Hay,  a  distinguished  lawyer  of  Lincoln's  time,  Mr.  Hay  has  followed  his  father  in 
a  career  at  law,  and  in  this  he  has  long  held  an  outstanding  position.  He  is  a  former  president  of  the 
Illinois  State  Bar  Association,  having  served  in  this  office  during  the  year  1920-21,  and  in  his  practice  is  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Brown,  Hay  &  Stephens,  of  Springfield,  a  firm  particularly  noted  for  specialization 
in   real  estate,   corporation,   state   department   and   chancery  practice. 

Mr.  Hay,  moreover,  has  for  a  number  of  years  been  an  outstanding  figure  in  Republican  politics  in 
Illinois  and  notably  served  as  state  senator  from  the  forty-fifth  district  from  1907  to  191 5,  a  service  in 
which  he  was  conspicuously  a  leader,  and  a  member  of  the  efficiency  and  economy  committee  during  the 
forty-eighth  general  assembly.  In  his  early  career  in  politics  he  spent  three  years,  from  1903  to  1906,  as 
a  member  of  the  Springfield  City  Council. 

Mr.  Hay  was  born  in  Springfield,  February  13,  1 8 7 r ,  the  son  of  Milton  and  Mary  (Logan)  Hay,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Illinois  in  1897.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  Springfield  public 
schools  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Lawrenceville  Academy  of  New  Jersey,  and  Yale  (B.A.  1893).  He  received 
his  legal  education  at  Harvard  University,  where  he  was  graduated  with  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1897. 

Mr.  Hay  was  married  in  Springfield,  November  9,  1899,  to  Lucy  Langdon  Bowen  and  has  two  children, 
Mary  Douglass  and  Alice  H.  Hay. 

In  club  and  fraternal  affiliations  he  is  a  member  of  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  and  Phi  Delta  Phi  Fra- 
ternities, and  the   Sangamon  County,  the  Illinois   State,  and  the  American  Bar  Associations,  as  well  as  of 

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ARTHUR  DONALD  MACKIE 

It  has  been  written  that:  "No  man  ever  has  met  The  Real  Test,  nor  come  to  The  Measure 
of  Manhood  unless  he  has  known  Defeat  as  well  as  Victory,  nor  unless,  in  The  Pursuit  of  the  Things 
That   Count,   he   has   been    as  willing   to   be    Unpopular  as  to  be   Popular." 

If  this  be  The  Real  Test,  then  the  consensus  of  opinion  will  be  that  Arthur  Donald  Mackie 
has  met  it  and  met  it  well. 

A  "Son  of  The  Great  Urge,"  it  has  fallen  to  his  lot  to  play  foremost  part  in  many  a  heated 
battle,  to  have  heard  the  clamor  of  disapproval  as  well  as  the  voice  of  approbation  and  to  have  tasted 
freely  of  the  wormwood  and  gall  of  Unpopularity  as  well  as  of  the  sweeter  things  of  Popularity. 

And  if,  in  these  more  recent  years,  Defeat  has  been  turned  into  Victory,  the  Illinois  State 
Journal  believes  that  this  largely  has  been  due  to  the  fact  that  when  Defeat  was  his  lot,  he  always 
met  it  in  the  spirit  of  the  man  who  regards  such  Defeat  as  merely  another  Call  To  Battle. 

Springfield  ought  to  have  faith  in  Arthur  Donald  Mackie  for  he  always  has  had  faith  in  Spring- 
field— a  fact  early  demonstrated  when  he  insisted  on  being  assigned  to  this  city — then  the  stormiest 
spot  on  all  the  Hodenpyl-Hardy  map  in  place  of  the  more  placid  surroundings  of  one  of  the  most 
important  Michigan  properties  of  that  great   utilities  corporation. 

Like  most  leaders,  Mr.  Mackie  has  learned  his  business  from  the  ground  up.  Starting  to  work 
with  his  present  firm  as  office  boy  and  messenger,  he  has  been  with  it  more  than  thirty-five  years. 

Born  in  Drayton,  Ontario,  August  22,  1875,  the  son  of  James  and  Catherine  Montgomery 
Mackie,  after  a  limited  attendance  at  grammar  schools  in  his  home  community  he  began  work  in 
his  very  early  teens  as  a  "news  butcher,"  selling  papers  and  candies  on  the  Pere  Marquette  Railway. 
His  run  was  between  Grand  Rapids  and  Petosky,  Michigan,  and  although  business  was  good  in  the 
summer  rush  of  vacation  travel,  it  amounted  to  little  in  winter,  and  he  soon  gave  it  up  and  became 
office  boy  for  the  Grand  Rapids  Gas  Company  in  that  city  where,  in  addition  to  long  hours  of 
work,  he  attended  night  school  at  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  thus  added  to  his  then  meager  education. 
Later  he  took  a  course  in  gas  engineering  through  the  International  Correspondence  Schools,  while 
still  pursuing  his  everyday  duties. 

In  his  humble  position  with  the  Grand  Rapids  Company,  Mr.  Mackie  was  brought  into  close 
contact  with  B.  C.  Cobb,  at  that  time  purchasing  agent  for  the  company,  and  this  marked  the  begin- 
ning of  a  connection  between  the  two  that  has  remained  unbroken  for  nearly  two  decades,  Mr. 
Cobb  no'w  being  president  of  the  Commonwealth  Power  Corporation,  which  operates  public  utilities 
in  many  parts  of  the  country  and  of  which  the  Illinois  Power  Company  is  one  of  its  chief  affiliated 
members. 

After  filling  several  subordinate  positions  at  Grand  Rapids,  Mr.  Mackie,  in  1903,  was  pro- 
moted to  the  sales  managership  of  the  company  at  Springfield.  In  1906  he  was  placed  also  in  charge 
of  the  company's  sales  department  at  Peoria,  and  from  this,  in  191 1,  he  was  promoted  to  general 
sales  manager  of  all  the  operating  company's  many  properties,  with  headquarters  in  Detroit. 

In  the  latter  part  of  191 3,  he  was  offered  the  general  management  of  the  Hodenpyl-Hard\ 
properties  in  Saginaw  and  Bay  City,  Michigan,  but,  expressing  a  desire  to  return  to  Springfield,  he 
was  made  vice-president  and  general  manager  of  the  Springfield  company,  then  regarded  as  the  most 
difficult  of  all  the  properties  included  in  the  Hodenpyl-Hardy  group. 

In  addition  to  being  vice-president  and  general  manager  of  the  Illinois  Powrer  Company,  he  is 
president  of  the  Illinois  Power  Building  Corporation  and  director  of  the  Illinois  Electric  Power 
Company  of  Peoria,  which  company  operates  the  super-power  station  from  which  plant  Springfield 
now  is  served.  He  also  is  director  of  the  Rockford  City  Traction  Company  of  Rockford,  Illinois, 
and  devotes  a  considerable  share  of  his  time  to  the  interests  of  that  concern. 

Early  in  his  local  career  he  became  active  in  the  civic  development  of  Springfield,  being  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  old  Ad  Men's  Club,  which  later  became  Springfield's  first  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce. 

He  served  several  years  on  the  directorate  of  the  latter  body,  but  resigned  in  1917.  when  it 
took  up  consideration  of  the  utilities  situation. 

Mr.  Mackie  is  president  of  the  Springfield  Home  for  the  Friendless,  director  of  the  Springfield 
Baseball  Association,  director  of  the  Springfield  Automobile  Association,  past  president  of  the  San- 
gamo  Club,  past  president  and  director  of  the  Springfield  Rotary  Club,  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason, 
a  Shriner  and  Knight  Templar;  a  member  of  the  Royal  Order  of  Jesters,  the  Benevolent  Protective 
Order  of  Elks  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  also  is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
and  a  former  member  of  its  board  of  trustees. 

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BISHOP  JAMES  A.   GRIFFIN 

James  Aloysius  Griffin,  bishon  of  the  Springfield  Diocese  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church,  is  a  native  of 
Illinois,  having  been  born  in  Chicago,  February  27,  1883,  the  son  of  Thomas  J.  and  Catherine  (Woulfe) 
Griffin.  He  was  ordained  a  priest  July  4,  1909,  in  Rome,  and  has  been  bishop  of  the  Springfield  Diocese 
since  February  28,  1924.  Previous  to  his  assumption  of  this  high  office  in  the  church  he  was  pastor  of 
the  Downtown  Church  of  St.  Mary's,  at  Joliet,  Illinois,  a  post  which  he  held  from  1921  to  1924.  He  began 
his  service  with  the  church  in  1910  and  from  1910  to  1915  was  assistant  pastor  of  St.  James  Church  in 
Chicago.  From  1915  to  1917  he  served  in  a  similar  capacity  at  St.  Brendan's  Church  of  Chicago,  and  from 
1917  to  1921  was  pastor  of  the  Assumption  Church,  Coal  City,   Illinois. 

Bishop  Griffin  spent  his  boyhood  in  Chicago  and  is  a  graduate  of  St.  Ignatius  College  there,  holding 
degree  of  Ph.D.,  from  this  institution.  He  further  holds  degrees  of  D.D.,  North  American  College,  Rome, 
Italy,  1906,  and  Ph.D.  and  D.D.,  from  Propaganda  University,  Rome,  1910. 

Bishop  Griffin  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians,  Fourth  Degree  Member  of  the  Knights 
of  Columbus,  and  a  major,  chaplain,  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States,  and  besides  his  position  in  church 
leadership  is  a  lecturer  of  much  note  on  patriotic  subjects. 


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FRANK    K.    DUNN.    Charleston 

Frank  Kershner  Dunn,  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court,  Third  District  of  Illinois,  and  a  notable  figure 
in  legal  circles  in  Illinois  for  a  long  period  of  years,  is  a  native  of  Ohio,  having  been  born  at  Alt.  Gilead, 
Ohio,  November  13,  1854,  the  son  of  Judge  Andrew  Kershner  and  Emily  (Armentrout)  Dunn.  He  has 
been  a  resident  of  Charleston  since  1878  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Illinois  since 
1907,  being  first  elected  in  ic.07  to  fill  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  Judge  Wilken,  and  being  re-elected 
in  1915  and  1924.  Previous  to  this  he  engaged  in  general  practice  in  Charleston  and  served  as  judge  of 
the  Fifth  Judicial  District  Circuit,  from  1897  to  1903.  As  a  member  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Illinois 
he   includes   service   as   chief   justice   in    1911-12.    1919-20  and   1925 — . 

Judge  Dunn  is  a  graduate  of  Kenyon  College  of  Ohio  (A.B.  1873),  and  of  Harvard  Law  School 
(LL.B.  1875),  and  for  three  years  previous  to  removing  to  Charleston  was  engaged  in  practice  in  Mt. 
Gilead  with  his  father,  who  was  judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  in  that  state.  On  locating  in 
Charleston  he  followed  his  profession  until  1897  when  he  was  elected  judge  of  the  fifth  judicial  district, 
after  which  he  resumed  practice  in  the  city  in  1903,  until  his  election  to  the  Supreme  Bench  in  1907. 
He  was  married  at  Mt.  Gilead,  Ohio,  in   1882,  to  Alice  Trimble. 


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IRA  A.  WEAVER 

The  story  of  Ira  A.  Weaver,  president  of  the  Weaver  Manufacturing  Company,  internationally  known 
manufacturers  of  automotive  maintenance  equipment  of  Springfield,  is  that  of  a  self-made  man.  It  is  the 
story  of  a  country  boy  who  through  his  own  efforts  and  ability  has  won  recognition  as  one  of  the  foremost 
inventors  of  farm  machinery  in  the  world,  and  who  with  his  brother,  Gailard  E.  Weaver,  has 
established  himself  as  one  of  the  leading  manufacturers  of  his  kind  in  the  nation. 

The  recognition  of  Mr.  Weaver  as  an  inventor  of  farm  machinery  has  come  largely  through  work  with 
farm  implement  manufactories — of  which  Illinois  boasts  of  so  many — while  that  as  a  manufacturer  has 
come  through  the  enterprise  of  he  and  his  brother  in  the  Weaver  Manufacturing  Company.  In  recent  years 
he  has  devoted  all  of  his  time  and  interests  to  the  Weaver  Company,  but  previous  to  this  he  spent  sixteen 
years  with  the  Sattley  Manufacturing  Company  of  Springfield.  In  this  work  he  developed  and  presented 
to  the  world  many  of  the  appliances  that  has  advanced  the  American  farmer  to  his  present  position  of 
modern  methods. 

Of  a  mechanical  turn  of  mind  Mr.  Weaver's  earliest  interests  were  toward  the  development  of  farm 
machinery.  He  spent  his  boyhood  on  an  Iowa  farm  and  from  his  own  experience  knew  the  need  of  the 
farmer  for  machinery  to  lessen  his  burdens.  This  interest  led  him  as  a  young  man  to  the  plant  of  Deere  & 
Company  at  Moline,  Illinois,  where  he  spent  three  years  in  its  designing  and  drafting  department,  a  work- 
in  which  he  acquired  a  fundamental  knowledge  of  machinery  building  and  manufacturing.  In  1900  he 
located  in  Springfield  with  the  Sattley  Manufacturing  Company  and  has  been  a  resident  of  the  city  contin- 
uously since.  The  years  he  spent  with  the  Sattley  Company  were  devoted  almost  solely  to  inventing  and 
perfecting  farm  machinery  and  his  contributions  in  this    direction    early    won    him    national    reputation,    and 

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GAILARD   E.   WEAVER 

Gailard  E.  Weaver,  brother  of  Ira  A.  Weaver,  and  vice-president  and  general  manager  of  the  Weaver 
Manufacturing  Company  of  Springfield,  holds  a  high  place  in  his  community,  and  in  Illinois.  Besides 
his  place  of  leadership  as  a  manufacturer  he  is  president  of  the  Springfield  Chamber  of  Commerce  and 
much  of  the  splendid  civic  progress  that  has  come  to  the  city  may  be  credited  to  him.  He  has  given  him- 
self and  his  resources  freely  and  generously  in  practically  every  movement  that  has  been  undertaken  for  the 
good  of  Springfield  during  the  past  several  years  and  with  it  has  won  regard  as  one  of  the  guiding  spirits 
for  a  Greater  Springfield. 

Mr.  Weaver  has  been  engaged  in  the  manufacturing  business  in  Springfield  since  iqio  and  his  success 
in  it  forms  one  of  the  most  brilliant  and  inspiring  chapters  in  the  city's  industrial  history.  Like  his  brother, 
Ira  A.  Weaver,  he  is  a  self-made  man,  and  much  of  the  success  of  the  Weaver  Manufacturing  Company 
is  due  to  his  industry,  energy,  vision  and  courage.  Starting  with  $7,000  cash  he  launched  the  Weaver  Manu- 
facturing Company  in  April,  iqio,  and  with  his  brother,  has  in  a  few  short  years  developed  it  into  a  con- 
cern with  assets  of  more  than  a  million  dollars,  all  created  through  earnings.  The  business  was  first  started 
for  the  manufacture  of  drill  chucks  and  tools,  but  since  1912  lias  been  largely  devoted  to  the  production  of 
automotive  maintenance  equipment,  for  which  it  enjoys  world-wide  repute  and  distribution. 

Like  his  brother,  he  was  horn  on  a  farm  near  Mitchellville,  Iowa,  the  son  of  Samuel  G.  and  Mary 
Weaver.  He  was  born  February  10,  1883,  and  as  a  hoy  he  studied  in  the  public  schools  of  his  community. 
Later,  from  1904  to  1907,  he  studied  mechanical  engineering  at  the  University  of  Illinois,  and  from  this, 
for  two  years,  previous  to  starting  the  Weaver  Manufacturing  Company,  he  served  as  an  experimental  en- 
gineer   with    the    Fairbanks-Morse    Company    at    Beloit,    Wisconsin,    from    October,    1908,    to   March,    1910. 

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ELMER  ELLSWORTH  HAGLER,  M.D. 

Dr.  Elmer  E.  Hagler  has  long  been  conspicuous  in  the  affairs  of  Springfield.  A  leader  in  his  profession 
as  a  specialist  in  diseases  of  the  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat,  and  for  years  an  outstanding  figure  in  almost 
every  movement  for  the  civic,  social  and  cultural  good  of  Springfield,  his  is  a  personality  that  is  invariably 
associated  with  community  leadership  and  to  him  Springfield  owes  much  of  her  present  advancement.  He 
has  served  as  president  of  the  Springfield  Chamber  of  Commerce  (1923),  president  of  the  Sangamo  County 
Medical  Society  (1910),  president  of  the  Springfield  Art  Association  (1924),  president  of  the  Optimist  Club 
(1917-1918),  president  of  the  Mid-Day  Luncheon  Club  (1924-1925),  and  as  president  of  the  Elks  Building 
Association,  under  whose  direction  the  new  $800,000  home  of  the  Springfield  Lodge  of  Elks  has  been  con- 
structed. He  also  now  serves  as  president  of  the  Springfield  Base  Ball  Association,  and  as  president  of 
the  board  of  trustees  of  Abraham  Lincoln  University,  an  office  that  he  has  held  since  the  founding  of  the 
university.  He  is  a  member  of  all  of  the  various  Masonic  bodies,  including  the  Knights  Templar,  the  Shrine 
and  the  thirty-second  degree;  the  county,  state  and  national  medical  societies;  fellow  of  the  American  Col- 
lege of  Surgeons ;  fellow  of  the  Royal  Microscopic  Society,  London ;  and  member  of  the  board  of  vestry  of 
St.    Paul's   Episcopal   Church,   of  which   he  has  been    a  member  ever  since  coming  to  Springfield. 

Dr.  Hagler  has  been  a  resident  of  Springfield  and  engaged  in  his  profession  in  the  city  since  1893,  and 
in  his  practice  has  had  the  association  of  Captain  Arthur  Lee  Hagler,  M.D..  a  brother,  since  1899.  He 
was  born  at  Virden.  Illinois,  May  5,  1863,  the  son  of  James  Gatton  and  Clarissa  (Falls)  Hagler.  His 
father,  extensively  engaged  in  farming  in  the  vicinity  of  Virden  for  many  years,  was  a  native  of  Illinois 
and  from  him  Dr.  Hagler  is  descendant  from  long  established  American  ancestry,  the  Hagler  family,  of 
Bavarian  origin,   having   been   among  the  first   settlers  of  North   Carolina.     On  his  mother's  side  he  is  of 

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GEORGE  \\ 

George  W.  Solomon,  president  of  the  Panther  Cr 
in  the  vast  coal  industry  of  Illinois,  is  a  native  of  th 
field,  February  3,  1880,  and  has  been  a  resident  of  th 

The  son  of  Robert  C.  and  Mary  (Kickert)  Solo 
lie  schools  and  the  Springfield  Business  College,  afte 
mine  clerk.  From  this  his  advance  has  been  continu 
mine  operation  for  himself,  with  holdings  being  princ 
and  Auburn.  His  chief  enterprise  is  now  the  Panth 
is   located  between   Chatham   and   Auburn,   and   is   on 

Mr.  Solomon  was  married  on  May  31,  1906,  to  B 
mon.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Elks  and  th 
He  also  belongs  to  the  Sangamo  Club  of  Springfield. 

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eek  Mines  of  Springfield,  and  one  of  the  leading  figures 

e   state,  and  of  Springfield.     He  was  born  in  Spring- 

e  city  all  of  his  life. 

mon,  he  received  his  education  in  the  Springfield  pub- 

r   which   he   began    his    business    career    in    1898    as   a 

ous   and    rapid.      Since    1904   he   has   been   engaged    in 

ipally  confined   to   mines   in  the   vicinity  of    Springfield 

er  Creek  Mine  which   he  started   in   1918.     This  mine 

e  of  the  state's  largest  producers  of  coal. 

essie   F.   Bewsher   and   has  one   son,   George   E.    Solo- 

e    Masonic    Lodges,    including    the    Knights    Templar. 

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JOHN  E.  GEORGE 

John  E.  George,  prominent  in  banking,  business,  and  financial  circles  in  Springfield,  is  a  native  of  Illinois. 
He  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Christian  County,  Illinois,  November  2,  1872,  the  son  of  Colman  C.  and  Annie 
(Mason)  George,  and  received  his  education  in  the  country  schools  of  his  home  community  and  through 
attendance  at  the  Gem  City  Business  College  at  Quincy,  Illinois. 

In  business  Mr.  George  has  devoted  himself  principally  to  finance  and  included  in  present  interests  in 
Springfield  is  vice-president  and  secretary  of  the  First  State  Trust  &  Savings  Company,  vice-president  of 
the  First  National  Bank,  vice-president  of  the  American  Investment  Company,  president  of  the  Springfield 
Security  Savings  Bank,  president  of  the  Security  Improvement  &  Loan  Association,  and  president  of  the 
real  estate,  loan,  and  insurance  firm  of  H.  P.  Jones  &  Company.  He  is  also  financially  connected  with  numer- 
ous other  business  and  financial  enterprises  in  Springfield. 

Mr.  George  began  his  business  career  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  in  1892,  as  cashier  of  the  Franklin  Life 
Insurance  Company  of  Springfield,  and  remained  assuch  for  fourteen  years.  After  this  he  entered  the 
business  of  banking  with  the  Sangamo  Loan  &  Trust  Company,  serving  in  various  capacities  and  being  secre- 
tary at  the  time  of  its  consolidation  with  the  First  State  Trust  &  Savings  Company  in  February,  1910,  at 
which  time  he  became  vice-president  and  secretary  of  the  consolidated  institution. 

Mr.  George,  moreover,  is  active  in  civic  and  community  affairs  and  for  the  past  twenty  years  has 
been  treasurer  of  the  Springfield  Y.  M.  C.  A.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Springfield,  and  notably  further  holds  credit  for  having  taken  an  important 
part  in  war  work  activities  in  Springfield  during  the  World  War,  having  served  as  a  member  of  the  Fly- 
ing Squadron  and  aiding  in  Liberty  Loan  and  other   war  work  drives.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Lions  Club, 

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GEORGE  RARRINGTON  HELMLE 

George  B.  Helmle,  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Helmle  &  Helmle,  architects,  of  Springfield,  was  horn 
in  Springfield,  Illinois.  February  26,  [884,  the  son  of  George  Henry  and  Mimi  (Whitehurst)  Helmle.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  the  Springfield  public  schools  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Springfield  High  School 
(1902).  He  studied  architecture  in  Europe  and  his  work  notably  includes  the  designing  of  the  building  of 
the  Home  Office  of  the  Franklin  Life  Insurance  Company,  Springfield;  St.  John's  Sanitarium,  Springfield; 
First  National  Bank  Building,  Springfield;  St.  Mary's  Academy,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah  ;  and  the  new  Abra- 
ham Lincoln  Hotel.  Springfield.  The  firm  has  specialized  largely  in  design  of  school  and  hospital  buildings, 
having  constructed  many  outstanding  projects  throughout  the  central   western   states. 

Mr.  Helmle  was  a  first  lieutenant  in  the  United  States  Army  Air  Service  during  the  World  War,  serv- 
ing from  August,  1917,  to  March,  1919.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Sangamo  Club,  Illini  Country  Club  and 
Rotary  Club,  Springfield;  Chicago  Athletic  Association  and  Chicago  Architectural  Club,  Chicago;  and  the 
Illinois    Society   of    Architects. 

He  was  married  at  Quincy,  Illinois,  October  30,  1911,  to  Josephine  Richer,  and  resides  at  [660  Wiggens 
Avenue.   Springfield.     His  business   address  is  First  National    Bank    Building,   Springfield. 


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ROGER   FRANKLIN   FARRINGTON 

Roger  Franklin  Farrington,  commonly  known  as  Frank  Farrington,  president  of  the  Illinois  Mine 
Workers  Union,  and  one  of  the  foremost  labor  leaders  in  America,  is  a  native  of  Illinois.  He  was  born 
in  Fairbury,  Illinois,  September  19,  1873,  the  son  of  James  and  Jane  (Westwood)  Farrington,  and  his 
career  since  early  manhood  has  been  devoted  to  miners  of  the  state  and  their  organization.  He  was  made 
head  of  the  Illinois  Mine  Workers  in  1914,  at  the  age  of  forty-one,  and  has  been  leader  of  that  body  con- 
tinuously since. 

Like  many  others  who  have  achieved  leadership  in  behalf  of  labor,  Mr.  Farrington  is  a  product  of  the 
field  he  represents.  Of  English  and  Scotch  descent,  his  father  being  English  and  his  mother  Scotch,  his 
parents  on  both  sides  of  his  family  were  miners  for  many  generations  and  he  himself  became  a  mine 
worker  at  the  age  of  eleven.  From  this,  through  sheer  pluck  and  energy,  backed  by  force  of  character  and 
an  ardent  ambition  he  has  acquired  education  for  himself  and  has  risen  to  position  of  leadership  among 
miners.  He  first  began  working  for  the  Illinois  Mine  Workers  Organization  in  1905  and  from  this  was 
made  president  in  1914.  In  his  work  in  behalf  of  the  Illinois  miners  he  has  enjoyed  noteworthy  success, 
giving  a  high  type  of  leadership  and  advancing  their  interests  in  many  directions,  signally  building  up  and 
making  the  Illinois  Mine  Workers  Union  to  be  known  as  the  strongest  unit  of  organized  labor  in  the 
world.  Mr.  Farrington  also  enjoys  distinction  of  having  been  personally  thanked  by  President  Wilson  and 
Secretary  of  War  Baker  for  patriotic  writings  and  constructive  work  among  workers  during  participation 
of  the  United  States  in  the  World  War.  He  was  also  selected  by  Convention  of  the  American  Federation 
of  Labor  to  attend  World  Labor  Congress  during  the  war,  as  well  as  picked  by  President  Wilson  as  mem- 
ber of  labor  mission  to  go  to  Europe  during  the   war,  both  of  which  honors  he  had  to  decline  in  order  to 

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EDWARD  E.  STALEY 

Edward  E.  Staley,  presidenl  of  the  Baker  Manu- 
facturing Company  of  Springfield,  is  distinctly  a 
Springfield  product.  He  was  horn  in  Springfield, 
educated  in  Springfield  and  vicinity,  and  lias  been  a 
resident  of  the  city  and  vicinity  all  of  his  life.  He 
may  further  claim  the  rightful  distinction  of  being 
a  self-made  man.  Left  an  orphan  and  thrown  on 
his  own  resources  early  in  boyhood  he  has  by  his  own 
efforts  made  place  for  himself  as  a  manufacturer  and 
business  leader,  lie  has  been  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facturing hnsiness  since  [908,  and  has  been  president 
of  the    Baker   Company   since    it)20. 

Previous  to  entering-  the  manufacturing  business, 
Mr.  Staley  was  for  a  number  of  years  engaged  in 
the  retail  shoe  business  in  Springfield.  Following 
the  period  of  his  youth,  which  was  fraught  with 
hardship  and  struggle,  but  which  resulted  in  his 
obtaining  a  business  college  education,  he  started  his 
business  career  as  a  shoe  clerk,  in  t8cjo.  His  em- 
ployment was  with  the  late  J.  F.  Miller  and  thus 
began  an  association  that  lasted  until  the  death  of 
Mr.  Miller  in  1925.  In  1896  he  acquired  a  half 
interest  in  the  shoe  business,  forming  with  Mr. 
Miller  the  firm  of  Miller  &  Staley,  long  known  to 
Springfield,  and  later  in  1901,  became  sole  owner  of 
it.  He  continued  his  association  with  Mr.  Miller, 
however,  in  real  estate,  and  in  other  business  projects. 
In  1908  he  disposed  of  his  interests  in  the  shoe  busi- 
ness and  embarked  upon  the  broader  fields  of  manu- 
facturing, first  in  the  automobile  industry  and  then 
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DON  DEAL,  M.D. 

A  leading  surgeon  of  Illinois  for  the  past  twenty 
years,  Dr.  Don  Deal  of  Springfield  holds  a  conspicu- 
ous place  in  the  affairs  of  his  community.  Confining 
himself  to  surgical  practice  only  he  is  head  of  The 
Deal  Clinic  of  Springfield,  and  notably  holds  post  as 
surgeon  for  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad,  the  Balti- 
more &  Ohio  Railroad,  the  Central  Illinois  &  Western 
Railroad,  the  Chicago,  Peoria  &  St.  Louis  Railroad, 
and  the  Northwestern  Railroad,  as  well  as  for  several 
corporations  and  insurance  companies.  He  began 
practice  in  Springfield  in  1906  and  has  been  engaged 
in  it  continuously  since. 

Dr.  Deal  is  a  product  of  Northwestern  University, 
being  graduated  from  the  School  of  Medicine  at 
Northwestern  in  1904,  and  previous  to  entering  prac- 
tice in  Springfield  served  as  an  interne  at  the  Wesley 
Hospital   at   Chicago   for  two  years. 

Of  a  family  of  physicians,  Dr.  Deal  was  born  at 
Riverton,  Illinois,  July  9,  1879,  the  son  of  Dr.  John 
and  Augusta  (  Fyffe )  Deal.  He  belongs  to  the  San- 
gam  Club  of  Springfield,  the  Illinois  Country  Club. 
all  of  the  various  Masonic  bodies,  and  the  different 
medical  societies.  He  was  married  in  1906  to  Sara 
Merkel  and  has  three  children,  Robert.  Alice  and 
Donna.  His  residence  is  at  1001  Williams  Road. 
Offices  are  in  the  First  National  Bank  Building, 
Springfield. 


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Potter  (Newark) 

RAYMOND  VOORHEES  BROKAW,  M.D. 

Dr.  R.  V.  Brokaw  is  superintendent  of  health  ot  the  City  of  Springfield,  and  in  this  office  is  giving  an 
administration  designed  to  place  Springfield  among  the  foremost  cities  of  the  nation  from  the  standpoint  of 
public  health.  He  has  held  the  office  since  April  i,  1924,  succeeding  to  it  from  the  position  of  director  of 
the  Morgan  County  Health  Department  at  Jacksonville,  Illinois,  which  he  very  successfully  organized  and 
developed  as  the  first  county  health  department  in  the  State  of  Illinois,  a  work  which  won  for  him  distinc- 
tion as  a  public  health  executive. 

Public  health  administration  has  been  Dr.  Brokaw's  chief  concern  since  his  early  days  in  college,  and 
to  it  he  has  devoted  his  entire  professional  career.  As  a  sophomore  in  medical  school  he  was  influenced  to 
enter  the  field  of  preventive  medicine  by  Dr.  L.  Emmett  Holt,  the  eminent  child  specialist,  then  a  profes- 
sor at  Columbia  University,  New  York;  and  his  subsequent  public  health  activities  have  taken  him  into 
many  parts  of  the  world.  During  the  World  War  he  spent  a  year  in  the  Balkans,  in  1915  and  1916,  as  an 
epidemiologist  with  the  Serbian  government,  fighting  a  typhus  fever  epidemic  under  the  direction  of  the 
American  Sanitary  Commission  ;  a  situation  filled  with  the  vicissitudes  of  actual  warfare,  which  was  inter- 
rupted by  his  capture  by  the  Bulgarians.  For  six  months  during  this  period  he  worked  with  the  British  Red 
Cross,  on  the  staff  of  the  Lady  (Ralph)  Paget  Hospital  at  Uskub  (Skoplje),  Serbia.  As  a  contract  phy- 
sician with  the  Braden  Copper  Company,  one  of  the  Guggenheim  interests,  he  spent  a  year  in  Chile,  South 
America,  during  1916  and  1917,  directing  the  sanitation  of  construction  camps  and  supervising  the  health  of 
employees,  with  headquarters  at  Rancagua,  Chile.  Returning  to  the  United  States,  he  received  an  appoint- 
ment on  the  staff  of  the  International  Health  Board  of  the  Rockefeller  Foundation,  was  sent  in  training  to 
North  Carolina  and  Mississippi,  and  later  as  field  director  in  Arkansas  and  Texas  developed  and  supervised 

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CORNELIUS  J.  DOYLE 
Former  Secretary  of  State  of  [llinois,  for  years  a 
leader  in  Republican  politics  in  Illinois,  and  now 
associate  general  counsel  of  the  National  Board  of 
Fire  Underwriters.  Cornelius  J.  Doyle  ranks  as  one 
of  the  siaie\  most  outstanding  figures,  lie  served 
as  Secretary  of  State  of  Illinois  during  1912  and 
1913,  being  appointed  to  the  office  by  Governor 
Charles  S.  Deneen  to  till  vacancy  caused  by  the  death 
of  Secretary  of  State  James  A.  Rose,  and  lias  been 
associate  general  counsel  of  the  National  Board  of 
Fire  Underwriters  -nice  his  retirement  from  that 
office  in  1914.  Previous  to  this,  under  appointment 
of  Governor  Deneen  he  organized  the  office  and 
served  as  the  state's  first  tire  marshal,  in  1912,  and 
notably  under  both  Governor  Deneen  and  Governor 
Richard  Yates  served  as  secretary  of  the  Slate  Board 
of  Arbitration,  and  later  under  Governor  Deneen 
also  as  general  counsel  for  the  Insurance  Depart- 
ment of  the   State. 

Mr.  Doyle's  services  further  include  having  served 
as  secretary  of  the  Illinois  Republican  Slate  Central 
Committee,  from  1906  to  1910;  as  chairman  of  the 
Republican  State  Convention,  1912;  and  as  manager 
of  the  campaign  downstate  of  former  Governor 
Deneen  for  the  United  States  Senate  in  1924.  In 
his  present  work  as  associate  general  counsel  for  the 
National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters  his  energies 
are  principally  directed  towards  legal  services  in 
behalf  of  the  fire  insurance  companies  of  America 
and  abroad,  the  National  Board  of  Underwriters  be- 
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JOHN  A.  BARBER 

Besides  being  one  of  Springfield's  most  prominent 
attorneys,  John  A.  Barber  has  long  played  a  con- 
spicuous part  in  the  city's  affairs.  He  is  a  past  presi- 
dent of  the  Springfield  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation, former  member  of  the  Springfield  Board  of 
Education,  past  president  of  the  City's  Park  Board, 
former  member  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of 
Sangamon  County,  past  president  of  the  Springfield 
Rotary  Club,  and  also  a  former  president  of  the  Mid- 
Day  Luncheon  Club  of  Springfield.  He  also  holds 
distinction  of  having  been  president  of  the  Commis- 
sion Form  of  Government  Association,  which 
brought  about  the  establishment  of  the  commission 
form  of  government  in  Springfield,  and  among 
present  civic  connections  and  associations  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  city's  planning  and  zoning  commission. 
vice-president  of  the  Springfield  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, of  which  he  also  includes  having  spent  twelve- 
years  as  a  director,  member  of  the  Springfield  Civil 
Service  Commission,  trustee  of  Illinois  College  at 
Jacksonville,  director  of  the  Old  Salem  Chautauqua 
at  Petersburg,  and  member  of  the  official  board  of 
the  First   Methodist   Church   of   Springfield. 

Mr.  Barber  is  a  native  of  Sangamon  County,  hav- 
ing been  born  on  a  farm  near  Cantrall,  Illinois, 
October  30,  1870,  the  son  of  Major  Andrew  J.  and 
Margaret  (Lake)  Barber.  His  father  was  a  native 
of  Virginia  and  a  settler  of  Illinois  in  1869.  while 
on  bis  mother's  side  he  is  a  descendant  of  pioneer 
Illinois  stock.  Mis  grandfather,  his  mother's  father, 
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JOHN   MUETH,  JR. 

John  Mueth,  Jr.,  secretary  of  the  Alzina  Construction  Company  of  Springfield,  and  a  leading  figure  in 
building  projects  in  Illinois,  is  a  native  of  St.  Louis.  He  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  August  17.  1888,  the  son 
of  John  and  Margaret  Mueth,  and  during  his  career  in  construction  work  has  directed  many  notable  under- 
takings, both  in  and  out  of  the   state. 

Included  in  his  work  he  constructed  the  Utah  Hotel,  built  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  in  iQii-1912;  the 
Placer  Hotel,  Helena,  Montana,  1912-1913;  the  building  of  the  May  Company  Department  Store,  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  1914-1915;  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  building,  Cleveland,  1914-1915 ;  and  the  Frederick  &  Nel- 
son Department  Store,  the  Bemis  Bag  Company  Factory,  and  the  Washington  Hotel,  Seattle,  Washington, 
1916  and  1917.  From  1919  to  1923  he  was  principally  engaged  in  Illinois  in  general  building  construction, 
in  reservoir  and  drainage  system  buildings,  and  in  construction  of  hard  roads,  street  paving,  and  lighting- 
systems  installation.  During  the  World  War  he  held  contracts  and  carried  out  the  construction  of  numer- 
out  important  war  storage  depots. 

Mr.  Mueth  was  married  May  13,  1913,  to  Ida  Pearl  Murrish  and  has  two  children.  Clubs  include  the 
Sangamo,    Rotary    International,    Illini    Country,    Mercantile  and  Engineers. 

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S.  LEIGH  CALL 

S.  Leigh  Call,  editor,  and  co-owner  with  Will  H.  McConnell,  of  The  Illinois  State  Journal,  Springfield, 
was  horn  in  Springfield,  March  31,  1872.  the  son  of  James  J.  and  Elizabeth  Frances  Call,  and  with  the 
exception  of  a  few  years  spent  in  newspaper  work  in  other  cities  during  early  manhood  has  been  a  resi- 
dent of  the  city  all  of  his  life.  He  received  his  education  in  the  grammar  schools  and  high  school  in  Spring- 
field and  his  first  work,  from  1890  to  1893,  was  with  an  agricultural  implement  and  vehicle  business  con- 
ducted by  his  father.  During  the  years  between  1894  and  1896  he  was  engaged  in  newspaper  work  in  St. 
Louis  and  Chicago,  and  in  the  State  of  Texas.  He  became  an  employee  of  The  Illinois  State  Journal  in 
1896  and  has  been  connected  with  this  newspaper  continuously  since,  successively  holding  posts  as  reporter, 
city  editor,  managing  editor  and  editor.  He  acquired  a  one-fourth  interest  in  the  newspaper  in  1919,  and 
in  1923  a  half  interest,  becoming  with  Mr.  McConnell  an  equal  partner  in  its  ownership  at  the  latter  date. 
Under  this  ownership  The  Journal,  occupying  the  morning  field  in  Springfield,  has  enjoyed  much  progress 
and  now  holds  place  of  outstanding  leadership,  with  the  largest  circulation  of  any  newspaper  in  Illinois 
outside   of   Chicago. 

In  addition  to  his  newspaper  activities  Mr.  Call  served  as  executive  secretary  to  Lieutenant-Governor 
John  G.  Oglesby  during  his  two  terms,  1909-1913  and  1917-1921.  He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  a 
member  of  the  Sangamo  Club,  the  Illini  Country  Club  and  numerous  other  fraternal,  social,  and  civic 
organizations. 

Mr.  Call  was  married  in  Springfield,  February  3,  1912,  to  Mary  Bradish,  and  has  one  daughter,  Mary- 
Leigh   Call. 

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WILL  H.  McCONNELL 

Will  H.  McConnell,  business  manager,  and  with  S.  Leigh  Call,  publisher  of  the  Illinois  State  Journal  of 
Springfield,  has  been  a  resident  of  Springfield  all  of  his  life,  his  entire  business  career  having  been  de- 
voted to  the  newspaper  business  in  Springfield.  He  began  his  interest  in  newspapers  by  carrying  a  paper 
route  on  the  State  Journal  while  a  boy  attending  school  and  has  maintained  it  continuously  since.  His 
first  work  after  finishing  school  was  with  the  circulation  department  of  the  old  Springfield  Evening  Tele- 
gram, from  November,  1893,  to  December,  1895,  and  this  ended  with  the  sale  of  the  Telegram  at  the  latter 
date.  From  December,  1895,  to  1900  he  was  an  employee  of  the  State  Journal  circulation  department,  and 
from  1900  to  1917,  its  circulation  manager.  Was  made  business  manager  in  June.  1917,  in  which  capacity 
he  has  since  continued.  He  acquired  a  one-fourth  interest  in  the  paper  in  1919,  subsequently,  in  1923,  ac- 
quiring another  one-fourth  interest  and  becoming  with  Mr.  Call  an  equal  partner  in  its  ownership,  an 
ownership  that  has  advanced  it  to  first  place  in  circulation  among  newspapers  in  Illinois  outside  of  Chicago. 

Mr.  McConnell  was  born  in  Springfield,  February  22,  1876,  the  son  of  Edward  O.  and  Luella  (Patter- 
son) McConnell,  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Springfield  public  schools.  He  was  married  August  26,  1896,  to 
Annabel  Simmons,  and  among  club  and  fraternal  affiliations  includes  the  Sangamo  Club,  the  Elks  and  the 
Grand  View   Country  Club  of   Springfield. 


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Francis  G.  Blaik 


FR  WCIS  G.    BLAIR,  Charleston   and 

Si 'k i  \  1,1  it  i  1 1 
Francis     Grant     Blair,     state     superintendent     of 
public  instruction  of  Illinois,  was  born  in  Nashville, 

Illinois.  October  30,  [864,  the  son  of  William  ami 
Mary  (Crane)  Blair,  ami  spent  Ins  earlj  life  on  a 
farm  in  Jefferson  County.  He  received  liis  early 
education  in  the  country  schools  of  Ins  community 
and  in  Mount  Vernon  High  School,  ami  is  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Illinois  State  Normal  School  |  [892),  and 
Swarthmore  College,  Pennsylvania,  (M.S.  [807).  He 
is  also  a  fellow  of  Columbia  University  (  [899),  and 
holds  other  degrees  of  LL.D.  from  Colgate  (1913), 
and  Illinois  Wesleyan  (1916).  He  has  been  state 
superintendent  of  public  instruction  in  Illinois  since 
1906  and  holds  official  residence'  in  Charleston,  his 
home  city.  During  his  long  tenure  of  office,  however, 
he  has  resided   in   Springfield. 

In  his  early  career  Mr.  Blair  spent  several  years 
in  teaching,  first  in  country  schools  in  Illinois,  and 
later  in  posts  that  included  service  as  orincipal  at 
Maiden,  Bureau  County;  as  superintendent  of  schools, 
LeRoy,  McLean  County :  as  teacher,  Decatur  High 
School,  for  an  unexpired  term;  as  principal  of  the 
noted  Franklin  School  of  Rochester,  New  York;  and 
as  supervisor  of  training  department,  Eastern  Illi- 
nois State  Normal  School.  He  was  elected  to  his 
present  office  from  the  latter  service  on  the  Repub- 
lican ticket  in  1906  and  has  been  re-elected  at  expira- 
tion of  each  term  continuously  since. 

Mr.  Blair,  moreover,  besides  his  position  as  an  edu- 
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H.   ERNEST   FULLENWIDER 

Homer  Ernest  Fullenwider,  state's  attorney  for 
Sangamon  County,  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  law  in  Springfield,  since  1906.  He  was  admitted 
to  practice  in  October,  1906,  and  has  been  state's  at- 
torney of  Sangamon  County  since  October  3,  1924. 
His  position  in  the  office  first  came  through  the  death 
of  State's  Attorney  C.  F.  Mortimer,  but  he  has  since 
been  elected  to  the  office  in  his  own  right.  From 
1918  to  1924  he  served  as  assistant  state's  attorney 
under  Mr.  Mortimer  and  at  his  death  was  appointed 
to  succeed  him  October  3,  1924.  In  November,  1924, 
he  was  elected  to  the  office  and  assumed  it  December 
1,  1924. 

Mr.  Fullenwider  was  born  in  Mechanicshurg.  Illi- 
nois, August  15,  1881,  the  son  of  Jacob  T.  and  Laura 
B.  Fullenwider.  He  is  a  graduate  of  Illinois  College, 
1903,  and  the  Harvard  Law  School,  1906.  He  was 
married  Octoher  2,  1907,  to  Margaret  Hazel  Hall, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Sigma  Pi  Society  of  Illinois 
College,  the  Cosmopolitan  Club  of  Springfield.  He 
further  holds  record  of  two  years  of  service  with  the 
reserve   militia   of   Illinois. 

Included  in  his  legal  practice  he  is  also  general 
counsel  for  the  Springfield  Life  Insurance  Company. 

Residence :  522  South  Glenwood  Avenue.  Busi- 
ness address  :     Court  House,   Springfield. 


H.  Ernest  Fullenwider 


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JOHN  G.  FRIEDMEYER 
Engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Springfield  for 
more  than  thirty  years,  John  G.  Friedmeyer  enjoys 
distinction  of  being  one  of  the  best  known  attorneys 
in  Central  Illinois,  as  well  as  one  of  the  most  able. 
He  has  been  engaged  in  practice  in  Springfield  since 
[892  and  during  his  career  has  served  in  num< 
official  capacities,  both  in  and  out  of  his  profes 
His  service  outside  of  law  has  been  mostly  confined 
to  civic  undertakings  and  notably  includes  five  years 
with  the  City  Park  Board,  at  the  period  when  Lincoln 
Park  and  Lincoln  Field  were  being  established.  He 
also  served  as  a  member  of  the  City  Council  under 
Mayor  Phillips,  and  further  holds  credit  for  six 
years  as  a  member  of  the  Springfield  Board  of  Edu- 
cation, three  years  of  which  he  served  as  president. 
During  the  greater  part  of  his  career  at  law,  Mr. 
Friedmeyer  has  been  associated  in  practice  with 
Elbert  S.  Smith,  present  judge  of  the  circuit  court. 
From  1896  to  1900  he  served  as  assistant  state'-, 
attorney  under  Mr.  Smith,  and  later,  from  1900  to 
1917,  until  the  time  of  Mr.  Smith's  election  to  the 
bench,   formed  a  partnership   with   him. 

Mr.  Friedmeyer  was  born  in  Montgomery  County. 
Illinois.  September  28,  1867,  the  son  of  Henry  and 
Sophia  (Welge)  Friedmeyer.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  community  and 
is  a  graduate  of  the  Hillsboro  Academy  and  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan.  He  was  married  February  5, 
1896,  to  Annie  bchuppe  and  has  five  children,  Earl 
J.,  Harry  A.,  Charlotte,  Catherine  and  Anne.  Club 
and  fraternal  affiliations  include  the  Elks,  the  Mer- 
cantile Club,  Redmen,  and  Modern  Woodmen. 


DAVID  LOGAN  GIFFIN 
David  Logan  Giffin,  prominent  in  the  practice  of 
law  in  Springfield,  has  been  engaged  in  his  profes- 
sion in  the  city  and  state  since  191 1.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  in  the  State  of  Illinois,  December 
15,  191 1,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  Sangamon 
County  Bar  from  that  date.  In  his  practice  he  is 
associated  with  the  law  firm  of  Sampson  &  Giffin, 
and  has  notably  held  posts  as  public  administrator, 
under  Governor  Frank  O.  Lowden,  and  as  United 
States  Commissioner,  under  Judge  J.  Otis  Humphrey. 
Mr.  Giffin  was  born  in  Macon  County,  Illinois. 
February  9,  1890,  the  son  of  David  Oliver  and  Nancy 
(Leach)  Giffin,  and  holds  degree  of  B.S.  and  LL.B. 
from  Valparaiso  University,  where  he  was  graduated 
June  20,  191 1,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one.  He  was 
married  November  25,  1914,  to  Mabel  A.  Eisenhuth, 
who   died  October  3,   1923. 

Club  and  fraternal  memberships  include  the 
Masonic  Lodge,  Ansar  Temple  of  the  Shrine,  the 
Elks  Lodge,  the  Sangamo  Club  and  the  Illini  Coun- 
try Club. 

,  Residence :  1701  South  Pasfield  Street.  Business 
address :  402  First  National  Bank  Building,  Spring- 
field. 


Davtd  Logan  Giffin 


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Harry  P.  Jones 


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HARRY  P.  JONES 

It  is  doubtful  if  there  is  another  individual  in 
Springfield  that  is  more  universally  known  and  liked 
than  Harry  I'.  Junes.  It  is  doubtful  also  if  tbere 
is  another  individual  in  the  city  whose  interests  are 
as  wide  and  varied.  They  range  all  the  way  from 
banking  to  baseball  and  include  almost  everything 
for  the  good  of  Springfield. 

Principally,  Mr.  Jones  is  cashier  of  the  Spring- 
field Security  Savings  Bank,  a  post  that  has  followed 
a  career  devoted  largely  to  finance.  Much  of  his 
activity  in  this  direction  has  been  in  connection  with 
building  and  loan  association  projects,  and  in  addi 
tion  to  his  connection  with  the  Springfield  Security 
Savings  Hank  one  of  his  main  interests  is  the  Se- 
curity Improvement  &  Loan  Association.  His  base- 
ball interest  is  with  the  Springfield  Club  of  the  Three- 
Eye  League,  his  service  to  it  being  in  the  capacity 
of  secretary   and   treasurer. 

Mr.  Jones  is  a  native  of  Loami,  Illinois,  but  has 
been  a  resident  of  Springfield  almost  all  of  his  life. 
He  was  born  in  Loami,  February  16,  1871,  the  son 
of  Joseph  and  Laura  Emma  ( Davis )  Jones,  and 
moved  to  Springfield  during  his  boyhood.  He  at- 
tended school  in  both   Springfield  and  Loami. 

Mr.  Jones  was  married,  May  1,  1900,  to  Josephine 
H.  Fisher  and  resides  at  141 1  Noble  Avenue,  Spring- 
field. He  is  a  member  of  the  Springfield  Rotary 
Club,  the  Elks  Lodge,  the  Sangamo  Club,  and  the 
Masonic  Lodge,  in  all  of  which  he  takes  an  active 
interest. 


HERBERT  BULLOCK  BARTHOLF 
Possessor  of  a  distinguished  war  record  and  presi- 
dent of  the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel  Company  of  Spring- 
field, Herbert  B.  Bartholf  is  a  Springfield  young  man 
who  holds  an  outstanding  position  in  his  community. 
He  has  been  president  of  the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel  Com- 
pany since  1923  and  in  this  connection  has  achieved 
much  success.  Under  his  leadership  the  St.  Nicholas 
Hotel  has  enjoyed  much  expansion  and  many  im- 
provements, including  the  building  of  a  large  addi- 
tion, and  its  operation  throughout  is  considered  one 
of  the  best  in   the  state. 

Previous  to  becoming  president  of  the  St.  Nicholas 
Company,  Mr.  Bartholf  was  for  a  time  employed  as 
a  bond  salesman  with  Hayden,  Stone  &  Company  in 
New  York,  and  in  a  junior  executive  capacity  with 
the  American  International  Corporation.  He  is  a 
graduate  civil  engineer,  with  B.S.  degree  from  the 
University  of  Michigan,  1916.  During  the  World 
War  he  held  commission  as  a  first  lieutenant,  United 
States  Army  Air  Service,  and  holds  the  award  of  the 
Distinguished  Service  Cross. 

Mr.  Bartholf  was  born  in  Chicago,  August  3,  1895, 
the  son  of  Charles  S.  and  Grace  (Bullock)  Bartholf, 
and  previous  to  entering  the  University  of  Michigan 
received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Glencoe,  Illinois.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Sangamo 
Club  and  the  Illinois  Country  Club  of  Springfield. 
He  is  unmarried  and  resides  at  the  St.  Nicholas 
Hotel. 


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Jesse  M.  Johnson 


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JESSE  M.  JOHNSON 

Jesse  M.  Johnson,  president  of  the  Ballard-John- 
son Company,  extensive  operators  of  railroad  hotels 
and  restaurants  throughout  the  middle  west,  is  a 
native  of  Illinois,  having  been  born  on  a  farm  mar 
Champaign,  October  31,  1873,  the  son  of  R.  M.  and 
Martha  (Riggs)  Johnson.  He  has  been  a  resident  of 
Springfield  since  1900  and  with  his  company  main- 
tains principal  ofhces  in  the  city.  In  his  business  he 
is  associated  with  W.  M.  Ballard,  as  vice-president 
and  general  manager,  and  W.  M.  Ballard.  Jr..  as 
secretary  and  treasurer,  the  firm  being  the  outgrowth 
of  a  small  enterprise  launched  by  Mr.  Johnson  and 
Mr.  Ballard  in  1897.  The  business  was  started  with 
a  contract  to  provide  luncheon  service  on  buffet  cars 
of  the  old  Chicago,  Peoria  &  St.  Louis  Railroad, 
and  from  this  has  been  developed  to  a  business  hav- 
ing a  total  of  thirty  hotels  and  restaurants,  six  of 
which  are  in  Springfield.  Principally  the  hotels  and 
restaurants  are  confined  to  the  Wabash  Railroad,  the 
firm  operating  all  of  the  restaurants  and  hotels  on 
the  Wabash  System  from  Detroit,  Michigan,  to  Coun- 
cil Bluffs,  Iowa,  but  it  has  places  at  several  other 
important   railroad  points   and   cities. 

Mr.  Johnson  spent  his  boyhood  in  Kentucky,  where 
his  family  removed  when  he  was  a  baby,  and  in  his 
early  career  spent  a  considerable  period  with  the 
Union  News  Company,  first  as  a  news  agent  on 
trains  of  the  M.  K.  &  T.  Railroad  between  Sedalia, 
Missouri,  and  Dennison,  Texas,  and  later  at  the 
Wabash  Hotel  at  Moberly,  Missouri,  and  at  the 
(Continued  on  Page  290) 


J.  CLYDE  EVANS 

J.  Clyde  Evans  may  rightfully  be  called  one  of 
Springfield's  real  builders.  Holding  place  as  one  of 
the  city's  and  state's  foremost  building  contractors 
he  has  directed  much  of  the  major  construction  that 
has  been  undertaken  in  Springfield  and  vicinity  dur- 
ing recent  years  and  many  of  the  city's  most  im- 
posing and  finely  constructed  buildings  now  stand 
as  monument  to  his  exertions.  Among  the  larger 
undertakings  in  which  he  has  been  engaged  recently 
has  been  construction  of  the  new  Abraham  Lincoln 
Hotel  and  the  new  buildings  of  the  Elks  Club,  and 
the  Illinois  Power  Company  of  Springfield.  He  also 
has  under  construction  a  new  thirteen-story  hotel 
building  at  Canton,  Ohio,  to  be  known  as  the  General 
Stark  Hotel. 

The  entry  of  Mr.  Evans  into  business  as  a  building 
contractor  came  largely  through  accident.  The  oldest 
of  a  family  of  eight  children  he  was  thrown  on  his 
own  resources  at  an  early  age  and  after  apprentice- 
ship began  life  as  a  carpenter.  A  strike,  however, 
threw  him  out  of  work  or  he  might  have  continued 
as  a  journeyman.  A  friend,  though,  wanted  him  to 
build  a  house,  which  he  did,  and  this  led  to  other 
houses,  with  result  that  he  gradually  expanded  into 
the  business  of  contracting,  in  which  he  has  continued 
with  ever-increasing  success. 

Mr.  Evans  was  born  in  the  State  of  Kansas,  Sep- 
tember 5,  1885,  the  son  of  Robert  J.  and  Louise 
Evans.  His  first  work  was  on  a  farm  at  the  age 
of  twelve,  working  during  summer  vacations  for 
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J.   Clyde   Evans 


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S.  A.  BULLARD 
Samuel  Alexander  Bullard,  long  prominent  in  the  busi- 
ness of  architecture  in  Illinois,  and  mayor  of  the  City  of 
Springfield,  is  a  native  of  Sangamon  County  and  has  been 
a  resident  of  the  community  all  of  his  life.  He  has  lived 
in  Springfield  and  been  engaged  in  his  profession  in  the 
city  since  1879,  and  among  oilier  distinctions  holds  that 
of  having  been  architect  for  the  Springfield  City  Hall,  the 
building  in  which  he  now  presides  as  mayor.  He  also,  with 
his  firm,  Bullard  &  Bullard,  architects,  enjoys  distinction 
of  having  designed  and  been  architect  for  the  State  Arsenal, 
the  rebuilding  of  the  Sangamon  County  Court  House  (the 
former  state  capitol),  the  rebuilding  of  the  Lincoln  Monu- 
ment, and  for  the  Kumler  Methodist  and  the  Grace  Lutheran 
Churches,  as  well  as  for  many  other  noted  buildings  of 
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Oldfield 
WILLIS  .1.   SPAULDING 

Willis  James  Spaulding  has  been  a  member  of  the  Spring- 
field Board  of  City  Commissioners  since  191 1,  and  notably 
holds  recognition  as  being  the  father  of  two  of  the  city's 
most  important  utilities,  a  municipally-owned  electric  light 
and  power  plant  with  income  of  over  $400,000  a  year,  and 
a  municipally-owned  water  works  system  that  is  among  the 
best  in  Illinois.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  City  Com- 
mission at  the  advent  of  the  Commission  Form  of  Govern- 
ment in  Springfield  in  191 1,  and  in  his  office  now  serves 
as  commissioner  of  public  property.  Previous  to  his  election 
to  the  city  commission,  lie  was  for  two  years,  from  1909  to 
191 1,    superintendent    of    the    City    Water    Works. 

In  his  work  with  both  the  water  works  and  the  city's 
electric  light  and  power  service,  Mr.  Spaulding  has  rendered 
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CHARLES  H.  WOOD 

Charles  II.  Wood,  member  of  the  Springfield  Board  of 
City  Commissioners,  is  a  native  of  Springfield.  He  was 
born  in  the  city,  July  19,  1878,  the  son  of  William  and 
Mary  Wood  and  has  been  a  resident  of  it  all  of  his  life. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Springfield 
and  during  his  career  has  held  numerous  public  offices  and 
appointments.  His  first  office  was  as  a  member  of  the  City 
Council,  in  which  he  served  as  alderman  of  the  First  Ward 
from  1905  to  1907.  In  1919  he  became  superintendent  of 
Washington  Park  and  served  in  this  capacity  until  1923  when 
he  became  a  member  of  the  city  commission,  and  in  this 
connection  now  has  charge  of  the  department  of  streets. 
Earlier,  from  1917  to  1919,  he  was  superintendent  of  the 
Cantrell    Coal    Mine   of    Springfield. 

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J.    HARRY    WINSTROM 

J.  Harry  Winstrom,  superintendent  of  schools  of  Spring- 
field was  born  in  Denison,  Iowa,  August  30,  1886,  the  son 
of  Peter  August  and  lledvig  (lleiden)  Winstrom,  and  re- 
ceived his  education  beyond  the  country  schools  of  Iowa 
and  Nebraska  in  Luther  College-Normal,  Wahoo,  Nebraska 
(1912);  the  University  of  Nebraska,  Lincoln,  Nebraska  (B.A. 
1916);  and  the  University  of  Iowa,  Iowa  City,  Iowa  (M. A. 
1923).  He  has  been  superintendent  of  schools  at  Spring- 
field since  July  1,  1923,  being  promoted  to  this  office  from 
position  of  supervisor  of  upper  grades  of  Springfield  schools, 
a  place  which  he  assumed  in  February,  1923.  Previous  to 
this  he  spent  two  years  as  superintendent  of  schools  at 
Farragut,  Iowa,  and  four  years  as  superintendent  at  Odebolt. 
Iowa.  His  administration  in  Springfield  has  been  marked 
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EDGAR  C.  PRUITT 

Since  early  manhood,  Edgar  C.  Pruitt  has  devoted  all  of 
his  years  to  education,  and  is  now  serving  his  fifth  term  as 
county  superintendent  of  the  schools  of  Sangamon  County. 
He  began  his  career  as  a  teacher  in  September,  1884,  and 
was  elected  superintendent  of  schools  in  Sangamon  County, 
November  6,  1906,  to  which  office  he  has  been  re-elected  con- 
tinuously  since. 

Mr.  Pruitt  is  a  native  of  Indiana,  having  been  born  in 
Paragon,  Indiana,  November  5,  1863,  the  son  of  Sanford 
C.  and  Ann  Pruitt.  He  attended  high  school  at  Lincoln, 
Illinois,  and  prepared  himself  for  teaching  at  the  Normal 
University  at  Normal,   Illinois. 

He  was  married  to  Adaline  Hensel,  and  has  two  children, 
a  daughter,  Arlowynne,  and  a  son,  Wesley  C. 

Residence:  517  Lincoln  Avenue.  Business  address:  Court 
House. 


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TRUMAN  L.   FLATT 

Truman  L.  Flatt,  county  superintendent  of  highways  of 
Sangamon  County  is  a  native  of  Sangamon  County,  and  has 
resided  in  Springfield  and  vicinity  practically  all  of  his  life. 
He   has   been   county   superintendent   of   highways   since    1920. 

Previous  to  his  present  office  he  spent  a  considerable  period 
in  survey  and  engineering  work  in  the  West,  and  was  for 
two  years,  during  the  World  War,  engaged  in  military  service, 
from  which  he  emerged  as  a  first  lieutenant  of  engineers. 
In  the  West  he  was  employed  in  railroad  construction  work 
with  the  Gila  Valley,  Globe  &  Northwestern  Railroad  in 
Arizona;  with  the  Pacific  Electric  Railroad  in  California; 
the  Heunema,  Malelia  &  Port  Los  Angeles  Railroad  in  Cali- 
fornia; the  Pittsburg  &  Armstead  Railroad  in  Idaho  and 
Montana;  and  in  the  location  of  a  railroad  in  the  Salmon 
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Oldfield 
JAMES   REILLY 

James  Reilly  has  long  been  prominent  in  law  circles  in 
Springfield,  and  besides  being  engaged  in  a  large  general 
practice  in  the  city  is  a  past  president  of  the  Sangamon 
County  Bar  Association,  and  the  Federation  of  Local  Bar' 
Associations,  composed  of  associations  of  the  Third  Supreme 
Court  District  of  Illinois.  He  was  also  president  of  the 
City  Civil  Service  Commission  in  1910,  supervisor  in  1909, 
and  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  191 1,  which  office  he  has  further 
continued    to    hold. 

Mr.  Reilly  was  born  in  Sherman,  Illinois,  in  1870,  the 
son  of  Patrick  and  Margaret  Reilly,  and  his  rise  to  his 
present  high  place  in  law  has  been  entirely  through  his  own 
efforts.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Hyde  Park  High  School 
and  the  John  Marshall  Law  School  of  Chicago,  and  while 
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Space  Reserved 

For 
Dr.  A.  E.  Prince 


ARTHUR   DONALD    MACKIE 
(Continued    from    Page   264) 

Air.  Mackie  is  a  veteran  of  the  Spanish-American  War, 
having  served  with  the  Thirty-second  Michigan  regiment, 
as  an  enlisted  man  and  later  as  an  officer.  During  the 
World  War,  in  the  early  period,  he  was  classed  as  essential 
to  industry  and  was  refused  enlistment.  Later,  however,  he 
was  commissioned  captain  and  adjutant  of  the  Fifth  Regi- 
ment of  Illinois  Reserve  and  after  serving  for  several  months 
in  this  capacity  was  promoted  to  major.  He  also  was  com- 
missioned by  the  War  Department  as  chief  local  recruiting 
officer  for  the  Officers'  Training  Camps.  He  served  as  chief 
of  the  supply  division  of  the  Sangamon  County  Red  Cross 
and  as  Illinois  member  of  the  public  utilities  division  of  the 
National   Liberty  Loan  organization. 

Mr.  Mackie's  favorite  diversions  are  hunting  and  baseball. 
He  is  an  expert  hunter  and  in  season  is  a  familiar  figure 
along  the  Illinois  River  section.  He  also  is  a  frequent 
visitor   to    the    Canadian    northwoods   and    fishing   streams. 

He  was  married  at  St.  Louis,  June  1,  1907,  to  Maude 
Holmes  and  has  two  children,  Donald  Montgomery  Mackie 
and  Nancy  Jane  Mackie.  He  resides  at  802  South  Second 
Street. 

Active  head  of  one  of  the  most  important  utilities  prop- 
erties in  the  country,  directing  the  ebb  and  flow  of  the 
Capital  City's  vast  daily  dealings  in  light  and  power  and 
transportation,  Mr.  Mackie's  one  boast  is  not  that,  under 
his  management  his  company  has  grown  apace,  but  that, 
coupled  with  that  great  growth,  there  has  been  a  correspond- 
ing growth  in  understanding  and  confidence  on  the  part 
of  the  public  whom  it  serves  and  that,  to-day,  its  share- 
holders number  so  large  a  proportion  of  the  people  of 
Springfield,  including  many  who  formerly  were  among  its 
bitterest    opponents. 

GAILARD    E.    WEAVER 

(Continued    from    Page   269) 
Earlier     experience     was     obtained     before     entering     college 
through   three  years   of  work   in   pattern   making  and   drafting 
at  the  plant  of  the  Sattley  Manufacturing  Company  in  Spring- 
field. 

Resides  his  service  as  president  of  the  Springfield  Chamber 
of  Commerce,  Mr.  Weaver  is  active  in  other  civic  and 
social  affairs,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Optimist  Club,  the 
Sangamo  Club,  the  Elks,  St.  Pauls  Lodge,  No.  500,  F.  & 
A.  M. :  Ansar  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  and  the  Society 
of  Automotive  Engineers.  He  became  president  of  the 
Springfield    Chamber   of   Commerce   in    1925. 

Mr.  Weaver  was  married,  June  22,  1910,  at  Oskaloosa, 
Iowa,  to  Mable  C.  Dye,  and  resides  at  1405  South  Fourth 
Street,   Springfield. 


IRA    A.    WEAVER 

(Continued   from   Page   268) 

achieved    a    prestige    for    him    that    he    continues    to    enjoy    as 
an   authority. 

During  his  later  years  with  the  Sattley  Company,  Mr. 
Weaver  joined  with  his  brother,  Gailard  Weaver,  in  the 
enterprise  of  the  Weaver  Manufacturing  Company,  founded 
by  Gailard  Weaver,  in  1910,  and  since  1916  he  has  given  it 
his  entire  attention.  In  this  business  he  has  continued  his 
mechanical  interests  and  much  of  the  development  of  equip- 
ment for  the  repair  and  maintenance  of  automobiles,  trucks 
and  tractors  for  which  the  Weaver  Company  enjoys  world- 
wide   reputation    may    be    credited    to    him. 

Mr.  Weaver  was  born  on  a  farm  near  Mitchellville,  Iowa, 
January  29,  1871,  the  son  of  Samuel  G.  and  Mary  Weaver, 
and  his  only  education  was  in  the  common  schools  of  his 
community.  He  was  married  in  Oskaloosa,  Iowa,  August 
29,  1900,  to  Edna  F.  Dye.  and  has  one  daughter,  Cleo.  He 
belongs  to  the  Rotary  Club,  the  Illini  Country  Club,  St. 
John's   Lodge   of   Masonry   and    Ansar   Temple   of   the    Shrine. 

In  addition  Air.  Weaver  has  always  been  active  in  civic 
affairs  and  formerly  served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  Springfield  Chamber  of  Commerce,  to  which 
he    gives    his    enthusiastic    support. 

Residence:  1319  South  First  Street.  Business  address: 
Weaver    Manufacturing    Company,    Springfield. 

JOHN    E.    GEORGE 

(Continued   from   Page  272) 

the  Elks,  Red  Men  and  the  Sons  of  Veterans.     His  father  was 

a   veteran   of   the   Civil    War   and   an   early    day   representative 

from   Christian    County   in   the   Illinois    State   Legislature. 

Mr.  George  was  married  in  Springfield,  in  June,  1902,  to 
Mary  E.  Crowder,  and  has  four  children,  Harold  C,  John 
I-'..,   Jr.,   Robert  T,  and   Martha   Louise. 

Residence:      1049  Williams  Road.      Business  address:      First 
State   Trust    &    Savings    Company. 
*      *      * 

LOGAN    MAY 

(Continued  from  Page  263) 
the  various  local  clubs  and  organizations,  including  the 
Alid-Day  Luncheon  Club,  of  which  he  is  president;  the 
Sangamo  Club,  Kiwanis  Club  of  Springfield  and  the  Illini 
Country  Club.  He  is  also  president  of  the  Lincoln  Cen- 
tennial  Association   of   Springfield. 


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ELMER  ELLSWORTH  HAGLER,  M.D. 
(Continued  from  Page  270) 
English  and  Scotch  descent.  In  his  early  schooling  Dr. 
Hagler  attended  the  Virden  High  School,  graduating  in 
1883,  with  the  first  class  to  be  graduated  from  the  school, 
and  previous  to  studying  medicine  spent  three  years,  from 
1883  to  1886  as  a  teacher  in  the  public  school  at  Virden. 
His  collegiate  and  medical  education  was  obtained  at  the 
University  of  Michigan  where  he  was  graduated  with  degree 
of  M.D.  in  1890,  and  here  also,  having  already  turned  his 
attention  to  the  study  of  the  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat,  he 
was  appointed  an  instructor  and  spent  three  years  as  such. 
Following  this  he  married  and  removed  from  Ann  Arbor 
to    Springfield    to    enter    practice. 

Dr.  Hagler  was  married  June  21,  1893,  at  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania,  to  Kent  Rolla  Dunlap,  a  graduate  of  Wellesley, 
who  had  then  just  taken  her  master's  degree  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania,  and  has  two  children,  Captain  Elmer 
Hagler,  Jr.,  who  is  an  officer  in  the  regular  army  of  the 
United  States,  and  a  daughter,  Clarissa  Helen,  a  graduate 
of  Wellesley,  who  is  now  Mrs.  Harry  Jorgensen  of  Spring- 
field. A  second  son,  Kent,  died  October  31,  1920,  from 
effects  of  service  in  France  during  the  World  War.  Both 
sons,  graduates  of  Harvard,  Elmer,  1916,  and  Kent,  1919, 
served  with  distinction  during  the  war,  with  Elmer,  a  captain 
at  the  age  of  twenty-four,  having  been  for  six  weeks  erro- 
neously listed  as  dead  by  the  War  Department,  a  casualty 
of  the  Battle  of  Chateau  Thierry,  in  which  he  took  part  with 
the  59th  United  States  Infantry.  Kent,  the  younger  of 
the  two,  was  a  member  of  the  Harvard  Unit  of  the  American 
Field  Ambulance  Service,  and  for  him  a  column  at  the 
memorial  stadium  at  the  University  of  Illinois  is  named.  He 
participated  in  eight  major  engagements,  three  with  the 
French  army  and  five  with  the  American,  and  was  twice 
cited   for   decorations. 

Dr.  Hagler  also  spent  a  considerable  period  of  his  young 
manhood  in  military  service  and  was  captain  of  Troop  D, 
1st  Illinois  Cavalry  in  1898.  During  the  World  War  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Medical  Advisory  Board,  aiding  in 
the  administration  of  the  selective  service  law  in  Sangamon 
County,  and  district  chairman  for  the  National  Council  of 
Defense.  He  has  always  been  a  staunch  friend  of  the 
service  man  and  for  aid  in  securing  the  passage  of  the 
soldiers'  bonus  holds  honorary  membership  in  the  American 
Legion. 

Residence:  1900  West  Lawrence  Avenue.  Business  ad- 
dress:     Hagler    Building. 

ROGER   FRANKLIN    FARRINGTON 

(Continued    from    Page   274) 

stay  at  home  and  put  down  internal  strife,  fomented  within 
the   union   by   German   propagandists. 

Mr.  Farrington  has  resided  in  Springfield  since  1914,  and 
belongs  to  the  Mercantile  Club,  Springfield;  Missouri  Athletic 
Association,  St.  Louis,  and  the  Elks,  Knights  of  Pythias, 
Moose   and   Red    Men   Lodges. 

He  was  married  at  Indianapolis,  September  19,  1918,  to 
Alberta  May  Applewhite,  and  has  three  children,  Roger 
Franklin,    Jr.,    James    Albert    and    Jane    Ann. 

Business  address:  Illinois  Mine  Workers  Building,  Spring- 
field. 

*  *  * 

JOHN  A.  BARBER 
(Continued  from  Page  277) 
was  Baylis  G.  Lake,  a  settler  of  Sangamon  County  in  1826 
and  for  many  years  a  notable  figure  in  its  development. 
Previous  to  locating  in  Illinois,  where  he  took  up  farming, 
his  father  served  throughout  the  Civil  War,  as  an  officer  on 
the  side  of  the  Confederacy,  with  the  forces  of  Stonewaii 
Jackson. 

In  obtaining  his  education,  Mr.  Barber  attended  the  com- 
mon schools  of  Cantrall,  the  Whipple  Academy  at  Jackson- 
ville, Illinois  College  at  Jacksonville  (A.B.  1894),  and  North- 
western University  (LL.B.  1897).  He  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  Springfield  in  1897,  and  from  1897  to  1905  was 
engaged  in  practice  with  Samuel  Scholes,  forming  with  Mr. 
Scholes  the  firm  of  Scholes  &  Barber.  Since  1905  he  has 
formed  a  partnership  with  a  brother,  Clayton  J.  Barber,  the 
firm   being   Barber   &    Barber. 

In  fraternal  memberships  Mr.  Barber  belongs  to  all  of  the 
various  Masonic  bodies,  including  Van  Meter  Lodge,  No. 
762,  Athens,  Illinois;  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  No.  1,  Springfield; 
the  Springfield  Consistory  of  the  Scottish  Rite,  and  Ansar 
Temple  of  the  Shrine.  He  is  also  a  past  commander  of  the 
Elwood  Commandery,  No.  6;  Knights  Templar,  of  Springfield, 
and  is  now  grand  warder  of  the  Knights  Templar  of  Illinois. 
Among  other  clubs  and  lodges  he  belongs  to  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  the  Elks,  Sangamo  Club,  Illini  Country  Club,  the 
Rotary   Club  and   Mid-Day   Luncheon   Club. 

He  was  married  October  11,  1899,  to  Harriet  Van  Meter 
and  has  two  sons,  Raymond  V.  and  Charles  F.  Barber.  His 
offices   are   in    the    First   National    Bank    Building,    Springfield. 


RAYMOND  VOORHEES  BROKAW,  M.D. 
(Continued  from  Page  276) 
sanitary  measures  for  the  control  of  hookworm  and  other 
intestinal  diseases,  spending  one  year  at  Orange,  Texas.  In 
1 91 9  he  became  supervisor  of  hygiene  in  the  public  school 
system  of  Jackson,  Michigan,  and  after  three  years  in  that 
capacity  he  assumed  charge  of  the  Morgan  County  Health 
Department  at  Jacksonville,  subsequently  accepting  his  pres- 
ent   position   as   superintendent    of    health   at    Springfield. 

As  a  part  of  his  war  experience  in  Europe,  Dr.  Brokaw 
visited  eight  capital  cities  of  that  continent,  and  through 
this  contact  acquired  considerable  knowledge  of  the  condi- 
tions prevailing  in  the  old  world  during  the  great  conflict. 
His  itinerary  included  the  countries  of  Greece,  Serbia, 
Bulgaria,  Roumania,  Russia,  Finland,  Lapland,  Sweden,  Nor- 
way and  England.  As  a  prisoner  of  war,  taken  when  the 
armies  of  Germany,  Austria  and  Bulgaria  swept  over  Serbia, 
he  was  released  through  the  negotiations  of  British  and 
American  officials,  and  was  among  the  first  allied  prisoners 
to  be  freed  by  the  central  powers.  Incidental  to  his  year's 
residence  in  Chile,  South  America,  he  visited  Peru,  the 
Isthmus    of    Panama,    Cuba    and    Jamaica. 

As  the  result  of  a  varied  career,  Dr.  Brokaw  has  acquired 
a  striking  versatility.  He  started  out  in  life  to  be  a 
clergyman,  and  for  several  years  was  a  lay  preacher  in  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  has  been  self-supporting 
since  the  age  of  thirteen;  and  secured  his  education  entirely 
through  his  own  efforts.  In  this  connection  he  admits  that 
he  has  worked  in  factories  and  foundries  and  on  the  farm. 
served  as  waiter  in  summer  hotels,  clerked  in  stores,  driven 
automobiles  as  a  professional  chauffeur,  and  engaged  in  many 
other  activities.  As  a  student  he  won  many  honors  in 
scholarship.  His  linguistic  ability  has  included  a  working 
knowledge  of  French,  Serbian  and  Spanish.  He  is  a  force- 
ful and  entertaining  public  speaker,  and  has  written  num- 
erous papers  on  scientific,  medical  and  kindred  subjects. 
His  wealth  of  experience  in  this  country  and  abroad  has 
given  him  an  unusual  breadth  of  vision,  keenness  of  insight, 
and   warmth    of   human   sympathy. 

Born  of  long-established  American  ancestry,  early  Dutch 
on  his  mother's  side,  and  Huguenot  (French)  on  his  father's 
side,  Dr.  Brokaw  is  a  member  of  two  old  New  York  families. 
He  was  born  in  New  York  City,  March  26,  1885,  the  son  of 
Alonzo  Garretson  and  Catherine  Julia  (Yoorhees)  Brokaw. 
and  spent  his  boyhood  in  the  States  of  New  York  and  New 
Jersey.  In  his  early  schooling  he  attended  the  Centenary 
Collegiate  Institute  at  Hackettstown,  New  Jersey,  and  Wes- 
leyan  University  at  Middletown,  Connecticut.  He  received 
his  medical  education  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons, Columbia  University,  New  York,  and  was  graduated 
from   that    institution   with   a   degree   of   M.D.    in    1915. 

Dr.  Brokaw  is  a  fellow  of  the  American  Public  Health 
Association,  a  member  of  the  American  Association  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science,  the  Illinois  State  Academy  of 
Science,  the  Eclectic  Society  at  Wesleyan  University,  the 
Rotary  Club  of  Springfield,  and  an  honorary  member  of  the 
Sangamon   County   Medical    Society. 

Dr.  Brokaw  was  married  in  New  York  City  in  19 18  to 
Mary  G.  Steiner  of  Plainfield,  New  Jersey,  and  thev  reside 
at  1 00 1  South  Second  Street,  Springfield.  His  offices  are 
in   the    City   Hall,    Springfield. 

*      *      # 

EDWARD   E.    STALEY 

(Continued   from   Page   275) 

in  other  lines,  ultimately  leading  to  the  Baker  Company 
where  as  head  he  to-day  holds  distinction  as  being  one  of 
the  leading  manufacturers  of  road  building  equipment  in 
the  country.  The  Baker  Company  has  long  enjoyed  high 
reputation  in  the  United  States,  as  well  as  abroad,  and  be- 
sides business  in   America   does   an   extensive   export  business. 

Mr.  Staley  was  born  in  Springfield,  December  4,  187 1,  the 
son  of  David  H.  and  Sarah  (Curley)  Staley.  He  was  married 
June  20,  1898,  to  Elsie  Converse  and  has  two  children,  a 
son  and  a  daughter.  Clubs  are  the  Sangamo  and  the  Illini 
Country  Club  of  Springfield.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Central  Baptist  Church  of  Springfield  and  a  member  of  its 
board   of  trustees. 

Residence:  1500  South  Sixth  Street.  Business  address: 
Baker  Manufacturing  Company. 

FRANCIS  G.  BLAIR,  Charleston  and  Springfield 
(Continued  from  Page  281) 
cational  leader  and  executive,  holds  further  distinction  as 
a  writer  and  is  author  of  numerous  papers  and  addresses  on 
educational  subjects,  as  well  as  of  several  anthologies  and 
pageants,  the  former  notably  including  an  anthology  of  the 
Schoolkill    River. 

Mr.  Blair  was  married  in  1898  at  LeRoy,  Illinois,  to 
Lillian  Caton,  and  with  Airs.  Blair  resides  in  Springfield 
.'t  629  South  Second  Street.  His  offices  are  in  the  State 
House,    Springfield. 


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CORXKLU'S  T.  DOYLE 
(Continued  from  Page  277) 
ing  composed  of  209  stock  fire  insurance  companies,  embrac- 
ing all  of  the  American  as  well  as  overseas  stock  fire  in- 
surance companies,  and  having  principal  offices  in  New  York, 
Chicago  and  San  Francisco.  J.  II.  Doyle,  an  only  brother 
and  former  law  partner,  is  also  an  associate  general  counsel 
for  the  association  in  charge  of  the  New  York  offices.  Also 
it  is  to  he  mentioned  that  in  his  practice  with  the  fire  in- 
surance companies  Mr.  Doyle,  is  now,  in  1925,  associated 
with  Charles  Evans  Hughes,  former  Secretary  of  State  of  the 
United  States,  and  Senator  Charles  S.  Deneen,  in  the  thirty 
million  dollar  suit  of  the  insurance  companies,  appealed 
froui  the  Supreme  Court  of  Illinois  to  the  Supreme  Court  of 
the    United    States. 

Previous  to  his  residence  in  Springfield  and  entry  into 
state  politics  Mr.  Doyle  was  engaged  in  practice  in  Green- 
field, Illinois,  and  also  includes  serving  two  terms  each  as 
city  attorney  and  as  mayor  of  Greenfield.  In  his  law  practice 
in  Greenfield  he  was  associated  with  his  brother,  they  form- 
ing the  firm  of  Doyle  &  Doyle. 

Mr.  Doyle  was  born  at  Carlinville,  Illinois,  December  6, 
1871,  the  son  of  Captain  Thomas  and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Find- 
lay)  Doyle,  his  father  being  a  veteran  and  officer  of  the 
Civil  War  and  of  the  regular  army.  He  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  schools  at  Greenfield,  including  high  school, 
and   was  admitted  to  the  bar   of   Illinois   in    1906. 

In  club  and  fraternal  memberships  he  belongs  to  the 
Union  League  Club  of  Chicago,  Lotus  Club  of  New  York, 
Missouri  Athletic  Association  of  St.  Louis,  Mini  Country 
Club  of  Springfield,  Sangamo  Club  and  the  Springfield  Rotary 
Club,  of  which  he  was  president  in  1924.  He  also  belongs 
to   the   Knights   of   Pythias,    Elks   and   Woodmen. 

Mr.  Doyle,  moreover,  is  a  public  speaker  of  note  and  in 
this  connection  was  selected  by  the  Illinois  State  Historical 
Society  as  the  orator  to  deliver  the  address  on  May  14, 
1924,  at  Shawneetown,  Illinois,  in  commemoration  of  the 
100th  anniversary  of  the  visit  of  General  Lafayette  to  Illinois. 

Mr.  Doyle  was  married  at  Greenfield,  Illinois,  June  15, 
1904,  to  Mary  Ellen  Wilhite,  and  resides  at  1503  Wiggins 
Avenue.  His  offices  are  in  the  First  National  Bank  Build- 
ing,   Springfield. 

*      *      * 

J.  HARRY  WINSTROM 
(Continued  from  Page  285) 
in  a  significant  way  by  the  manner  in  which  the  interests 
of  the  community  at  large  have  been  more  closely  bound  to- 
gether; namely,  co-ordination  of  the  health  programs  in  the 
schools  with  that  of  the  city  health  department,  reorganization 
of  the  physical  training  department  of  the  schools  so  as  to 
incorporate  the  plans  of  the  city  recreation  and  playground 
commission,  and  the  direction  and  encouragement  of  adult 
education,  chiefly  in  Americanization  work  among  the  foreign 
born  population,  with  result  that  hundreds  are  now  engaged 
in  some  study  along  civic  lines. 

In  addition  to  careful  and  scientific  supervision  of  in- 
struction for  the  children  who  are  normal  in  every  respect, 
Mr.  Winstrom's  administration  has  been  instrumental  in 
adding  a  school  for  crippled  children,  re-establishing  rooms 
for  retarded  and  ungraded  pupils,  and  a  new  open  air  school 
for  aenemic  and  pre-tubercular  children,  the  latter  to  be 
opened    September    1,     1925. 

In  addition  to  his  position  as  head  of  the  Springfield 
schools  Mr.  Winstrom  is  also  president  of  the  South  Central 
Division  of  the  Illinois  Teachers  Association,  teacher  of 
the  Men's  Brotherhood  Class  of  the  English  Lutheran  Church, 
first  vice-president  of  the  Christian  Business  Men's  Club  of 
Springfield,  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the  Spring- 
field Boy  Scouts,  and  member  of  the  governing  body  of 
the  Sangamon  County  Sunday  School  Association.  He  also 
belongs  to  the  Springfield  Rotary  Club,  Phi  Delta  Kappa 
Fraternity  (honorary  scholastic  at  University  of  Iowa),  Na- 
tional Superintendents  Association,  and  the  National  Edu- 
cational   Association. 

He  was  married  August  25,  1915,  at  Wahoo,  Nebraska,  to 
Mildred  O.  Johnson,  and  has  three  children,  Helen,  Betty 
and   Lucille. 

Residence:  918  West  Lawrence  Street.  Business  address: 
Leland    Building. 

J.    CLYDE   EVANS 
(Continued    from   Page   284) 

seven  dollars  per  month.  He  came  to  Springfield  at  the  age 
of  sixteen  and  for  a  year  worked  as  a  railroad  section  hand. 
After  this  he  was  given  opportunity  to  learn  the  carpenter 
trade,  which  he  accepted,  serving  an  apprenticeship  of  four 
years,    with    starting    salary   at    five   dollars    a    week. 

Mr.  Evans  is  a  member  of  the  Elks  Club,  the  Illinois 
Country  Club,  all  of  the  various  Masonic  bodies,  the  Lions 
Club,  and  the  Mid-Day  Luncheon  Club.  He  was  married  in 
1908  to  Emma  L.  Eisele,  and  has  two  children,  Howard,  age 
fifteen,  and  Helen,  age  thirteen.  He  resides  at  927  West 
Grand  Avenue.  His  business  address  is  317  North  Fifth 
Street,    Springfield. 


WILLIS   J.    SPAULDING 
(Continued   from   Page  285) 

the  city  a  service  of  much  permanent  value.  At  the  time 
lie  became  commissioner,  the  city's  water  supply  was  taken 
direct  from  the  polluted  waters  of  the  Sangamon  River, 
and  pumped  by  a  plant  that  was  inadequate  and  barely  able 
to  operate,  all  of  which  has  been  transformed  to  a  water 
supply  taken  from  a  system  of  wells  and  galleries,  and 
pumped  by  a  highly  improved  plant,  provided  through  an 
entire  rebuilding  of  the  old  system,  wdiich  under  careful 
management,  at  a  cost  of  $650,000,  has  been  paid  for  direct 
from  earnings,  without  the  issuance  of  bonds  or  extra  cost 
to  taxpayers.  His  success  with  the  electric  utility  was  even 
more  unusual,  having  developed  a  property  formerly  serving 
only  for  street  lighting  and  having  a  value  of  less  than 
$100,000  in  191 1,  to  a  property  in  1924  valued  at  $1,250,000, 
distributing  light  and  power  for  commercial  use  to  all  parts 
of  the  city  at  rates  approximately  fifty  per  cent,  lower  than 
any  other  city  of  similar  size  in  the  state.  Besides  paying  its 
way,  the  plant  earned  a  surplus  of  $587,756.74  during  the 
past  nine  years.  Much  of  this  has  been  accomplished  only 
after  many  hard-fought  legal  battles  between  the  city  and 
private  companies,  and  in  the  case  of  the  water  work's  im- 
provement, even  against  such  vigorous  opposition  among 
voters  that  went  so  far  as  to  attempt  to  have  Mr.  Spaulding 
recalled  from  office.  Recall  was  demanded  because  of  Mr. 
Spaulding's  insistence  that  all  water  services  be  metered. 
However,  the  importance  of  this  step  is  shown  by  the  fact 
that  after  meterization  the  consumption  of  water  per  individ- 
ual service  was  reduced  from  820  gallons  to  459  gallons  per 
day.  Also  showing  the  rapid  growth  of  the  service  as 
inaugurated  by  Mr.  Spaulding,  the  number  of  services  in 
the  city  were  increased  from  6,134  in  1910,  to  12,009  in 
1920. 

Mr.  Spaulding  was  born  in  Springfield,  November  21,  1870, 
the  son  of  Lewis  Herbert  and  Mary  Frances  Spaulding,  and 
received  his  education  in  country  schools  and  in  business 
college  in  Springfield.  In  his  early  years,  from  1895  to 
1909,  he  was  engaged  as  a  market  gardener  and  as  a  whole- 
sale   produce    merchant. 

He  was  married  in  Springfield,  March  18,  1896,  to  Mary 
Schlitt,  and  has  one  son.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
Lodge,    the   Odd    Fellows,   and   the    Elks.      He    resides   at    128 

North    Douglas   Avenue. 

*  *      * 

S.    A.    BULLARD 
(Continued   from    Page   285) 
Springfield    and    vicinity,    work    that    has   established    him    for 
all   time  as   one   of   the   real   builders   of   Illinois. 

Mr.  Bullard  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Sangamon  County, 
March  25,  1853,  the  son  of  Wesley  and  Sarah  Ann  (Foster) 
Bullard,  and  received  his  education  in  country  and  village 
schools,  and  in  the  University  of  Illinois,  where  he  was 
graduated  with  degree  of  B.S.  in  architecture  in  1878,  and 
from  which  under  later  award  he  holds  degree  of  master 
of  architecture. 

From  1878  to  1879  he  taught  school,  but  since  April, 
1879,  has  been  continuously  engaged  in  his  profession  in 
Springfield,  first  alone,  later  with  a  brother,  George  W.,  as 
a  partner,  and  now  with  another  brother,  Robert  A.,  and  a 
son,  Clark  W.,  the  firm  being  Bullard  &  Bullard.  The 
brother,  George  W.,  who  was  graduated  from  Illinois  in  1882 
joined  him  in  1884,  but  later  removed  to  Tacoma,  Wash- 
ington, where  he  is  yet  engaged  in  architecture,  while  the 
brother,  Robert  A.,  joined  him  in  1905,  and  the  son,  Clark 
W.,  a  graduate  of  Illinois,  1909,  became  a  member  of  the 
firm  in   1925. 

Mr.  Bullard  became  mayor  of  Springfield  in  1923.  He  also 
formerly  served  the  city  as  city  engineer.  He  held  this 
office  from  1882  to  1887.  Among  his  other  official  activities 
are  included  having  been  a  trustee  of  the  University  of 
Illinois  for  three  terms,  from  1889  to  1907.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  First  Methodist  Church,  the  Modern  Wood- 
men, Knights  of  Pythias,  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Optimist  Club  and 
the   Christian   Business   Men's   Club. 

He  was  married  April  19,  1882,  to  Elsie  Cornelia  Elliott 
of  LaSalle  County,  Illinois,  and  has  three  living  children, 
Helen,    Edwin    E.    and    Clark   W. 

Residence:  318  South  Glenwood  Avenue.  Business  ad- 
dress:     317    Unity    Building. 

*  *      * 

JAMES    REILLY 
(Continued   from   Page   286) 
acquiring  his   legal   education   worked  as  a  telegraph   operator 
and   station   agent   for   the   Chicago   &   Alton,   and   the   Illinois 
Central     Railroads.       He     has    been     engaged     in     practice    in 
Springfield   since    1905. 

Mr.  Reilly  is  also  active  in  fraternal  affairs  and  holds 
distinction  of  being  a  fourth  degree  member  of  the  Knights 
of  Columbus.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Elks,  Mid-Day  Luncheon 
Club,  Cosmopolitan  and  Mercantile  Clubs.  During  the  World 
War  he  was  a  member  of  the  legal  advisory  board  to  the 
Local    Exemption    Board. 

Residence:  511  East  North  Grand  Avenue.  Business  ad- 
dress:     120V0    North    Sixth    Slreet. 


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JESSE    M.    JOHNSON 

(Continued   from    Page   284) 

general    offices    in    St.    Louis,    as    well    as    in    management    of 

offices    in    Marshalltown,    Iowa;    Oskaloosa,     Iowa;     Houston, 

Texas,    and    Danville,    Illinois. 

The  friendship  and  association  of  Mr.  Johnson  and  Mr. 
Ballard  dates  from  1894.  It  began  while  both  were  em- 
ployed by  the  Union  News  Company,  Mr.  Ballard  having 
been  with  the  company  at  Danville  and  Springfield,  and 
previous  to  entering  their  hotel  and  restaurant  enterprise 
the  two  worked  together  for  a  time  with  the  Metropolitan 
Insurance  Company  at  Sedalia,  Missouri,  and  later  continued 
a  warm  friendship  in  St.  Louis  while  Mr.  Ballard  was  em- 
ployed by  the  Yanoy  News  Company  and  Mr.  Johnson  with 
the  department  store  of  D.  Crawford  &  Company.  In  1897 
they  formed  their  partnership  and  began  their  present  busi- 
ness, operating  the  buffet  cars  of  the  Chicago,  Peoria  &  St. 
Louis  Railroad,  with  headquarters  in  Peoria,  which  they 
later  removed  to  Springfield.  From  the  buffet  service  on  the 
Chicago,  Peoria  &  St.  Louis  Railroad,  the  second  step  in  the 
business  was  the  starting  of  a  restaurant  at  the  Chicago, 
Peoria  &  St.  Louis  Station  at  Havana.  This  was  followed 
by  the  establishment  of  another  place  at  the  Chicago-Peoria 
shops  in  Springfield,  and  from  this  the  business  was  gradually- 
expanded  to  include  places  on  the  Wabash  System  and  other 
present    establishments. 

Mr.  Johnson  was  married  in  St.  Louis,  August  4,  1910, 
to  Sarah  Casey  and  has  two  sons,  Jesse,  Jr.,  and  Edgar.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Elks  Lodge  and  resides  at  910  Grand 
Boulevard.  His  business  address  is  219  South  Sixth  Street, 
Springfield. 


TRUMAN  L.  IT. ATT 
(Continued  from  Page  286) 
River  Valley.  He  was  also  engaged  in  paving  and  survey 
work  with  the  City  of  Seattle,  and  in  topographical  surveys 
in  Montana.  In  Illinois  his  work  has  included  land  and 
coal  mine  surveys  with  Allen  Enos,  and  design  and  con- 
struction work  with  tne  State  Highway  Department,  as  well 
as  earlier  work  with  the  C.   &  E.   I.   Railroad. 

In  World  War  service  he  was  commissioned  a  second  lieu- 
tenant of  engineers,  August  17,  191 7,  with  assignment  at 
the  Engineer  School  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  with  the  5th 
U.  S.  Engineers.  In  December,  1917,  he  was  transferred  to 
the  319th  Engineers  at  Palo  Alto,  California,  and  went  over- 
seas in  September,  19 18,  where  he  remained  ten  months. 
receiving  promotion  as  a  first  lieutenant,  and  later  being 
assigned  to  the  Army  of  Occupation  in  Germany.  After 
discharge  he  was  employed  by  the  State  Highway  Depart- 
ment until  appointment  as  superintendent  of  highways  in 
Sangamon  County. 

Mr.  Flatt  was  born  May  22,  1885,  the  son  of  Charles  S. 
and  Mary  (O'Bryant)  Flatt,  and  received  his  education  in 
the  Springfield  High  School  and  in  night  school  attendance. 
He  was  married,  May  30,  1921,  to  Louise  M.  Sidencer,  and 
belongs  to  the  American  Legion,  Engineers  Club,  the  Elks, 
Mercantile  Club  and  the  Masonic  Lodge,  including  the  thirty- 
second   degree   and   the   Shrine. 

Residence:  1401  Lowell  Street.  Business  address:  Court 
House. 


CHARLES   H.   WOOD 

(Continued   from   Page   285) 

Mr.    Wood    was   married    in    Springfield,    July    15,    I9T4-    to 

Pauline   O.    Fraham   and  has  one  child,   a   daughter,    Florence. 

His    only    lodge    affiliation    is    with    Sangamon    Lodge,    No.    6, 

I.   O.  O.  F. 

Residence:     1002  North  Eleventh  Street.     Business  address: 
City  Hall,   Springfield. 


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cRock  Island  and  rJftColine—zA  Qenter  of  Industry 

TEP  by  step  with  the  progress  of  county,  state  and  nation,  Rock  Island, 
Illinois,  located  180  miles  west  of  Chicago,  in  the  center  of  a  four-city 
community  which  includes  Davenport,  Moline  and  East  Moline  and  totals 
more  than  140,000  population,  has  continued  to  grow.  This  growth  has 
been  conservative,  but  sure  and  permanent,  and  has  provided  for  a  broad 
expanse  in  community  spirit,  in  living  advantages  and  in  population. 

Rock  Island  is  on  the  bank  of  the  Mississippi  River,  and  directly  north  across  the 
stream  is  Davenport,  a  city  of  approximately  57,000  population.  Moline  of  34,000, 
and  East  Moline  of  10,000,  adjoin  on  the  east.  In  less  than  five  years,  Rock  Island  has 
risen  from  a  city  of  slightly  more  than  35,000  population  to  one  of  nearly  41,000.  It 
has  added  new  industries  with  outputs  totaling  millions  of  dollars  in  manufactured 
goods  each  year.  It  has  provided  for  the  erection  of  a  new  $750,000  hotel.  A  suc- 
cessful drive  for  funds  to  build  a  $600,000  recreation  center  is  being  waged,  and  a 
new  $300,000  newspaper  office  is  practically  completed. 

Steady  In  Growth. 

The  city  is  not  a  young  one,  but  its  growth  has  been  steady.  It  was  incorporated 
in  1837  when  a  total  of  forty-five  votes  were  cast  in  an  election.  Numerous  additions 
have  gradually  been  made,  and  the  city  is  now  bounded  on  the  north  and  west  by  the 
Mississippi  and  on  the  south  bv  Rock  River.  Government  census  figures  gave  Rock 
Island  a  population  of  19,493  in  1900,  and  24,335  m  191®-  Ten  years  later  the 
figures  had  swelled  to  35,177,  and  an  increase  of  approximately  thirty-five  per  cent, 
is  expected  to  be  shown  in  1930  reports. 

Rock  Island's  location  is  ideal.  It  is  open  to  all  river  traffic.  The  railroad  ad- 
vantages and  connections  are  excellent.  Four  systems,  the  Rock  Island  Lines;  Chicago, 
Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul;  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy,  and  the  Rock  Island 
Southern  operate  their  trains  in  all  directions  from  the  city.  More  than  17,000,000  peo- 
ply  live  within  twenty-four  hours'  ride  of  Davenport,  Moline  or  Rock  Island,  and  the 
proximity  of  such  great  centers  as  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Kansas  City,  Omaha  and  Minne- 
apolis provide  ready  markets  and  sources  of  raw  material. 

Mississippi  Gives  Power. 

Gas,  electric  and  street  railway  service  in  the  community  are  well  assured,  and  dur- 
ing the  past  ten  years  approximately  $8,000,000  have  been  spent  in  the  tri-cities  on  ex- 
tensions and  betterments.  Gas  plants  and  generating  stations  are  located  within  or 
near  the  cities,  and  Mississippi  and  Rock  River  waters  have  been  harnessed  for  the  de- 
velopment of  electric  power. 

Indians  formerly  inhabited  all  of  the  locality,  and  many  battles  of  the  Black  Hawk 
Indian  War  in  1832  were  fought  where  Rock  Island  now  stands.  Watch  Tower  Park 
was  a  lookout  post  and  camp  ground  for  Chief  Black  Hawk  and  his  tribe,  and  a  replica 
of  old  Fort  Armstrong,  which  was  built  as  a  defense  against  Indian  attacks  on  the 
west  end  of  the  Arsenal  Island,  now  stands  as  a  monument  to  the  frontier  days. 

The  history  of  the  community  links  up  that  of  the  Rock  Island  Arsenal,  situated 
on  Rock  Island,  one  of  the  largest  and  most  beautiful  in  the  Mississippi  River.  The 
island  lies  in  mid-stream,  with  the  cities  of  Rock  Island  and  Moline  on  one  side  and 
Davenport  on  the  other.  Bridges  owned  and  controlled  by  the  government  connect 
Iowa  and  Illinois  at  this  place.  A  moss-covered  stone  pier,  a  third  of  a  mile  above 
the  present  main  structure  across  the  river  shows  the  location  of  the  first  bridge  ever 
to  span  the  "Father  of  Waters."     Over  this  bridge  the  first  train  passed  in  1856. 


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Arsenal  An  Institute. 

Through  the  government  activities  on  the  island,  the  arsenal  has  come  to  be  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  vicinity's  great  institutions.  During  the  World  War  as  many  as 
14,778  men  and  women  were  employed  there  in  the  making  of  armament,  supplies  and 
equipment,  and  in  the  nineteen-month  period  of  hostilities,  more  than  eightv-nine  mil- 
lions of  dollars  were  spent  in  munition  manufacture  by  the  government.  The  island 
contains  990  acres,  and  all  of  the  government  grounds  are  beautifully  laid  out.  There 
are  many  avenues  and  drives  which  lead  to  quiet  retreats,  and  on  the  south  side  nature 
has  been  left  undisturbed. 

Davenport,  Rock  Island  and  Moline  are  cities  of  diversified  industries.  Among 
the  goods  manufactured  in  Rock  Island  are  agricultural  implements,  farm  lighting 
plants,  tractors,  sash  and  doors,  millwork,  clothing,  cabinet  articles,  pipe  organs,  fabri- 
cated steel,  electrical  supplies,  chiropractic  supplies,  oil  cloth  and  linoleums,  hardware, 
stoves,  registers,  heating  plants  and  rubber-soled  footwear. 

An  active  chamber  of  commerce  is  constantly  seeking  to  locate  other  concerns, 
and  in  the  past  few  years  has  brought  several  large-scale  manufacturers  to  the  city. 
Among  these  is  the  Servus  Rubber  Company,  which  has  an  output  of  several  thousand 
pairs  of  rubber-soled  shoes  each  day.  This  factory  is  the  only  one  of  its  kind  in  the 
state,  and  is  one  of  the  three  located  in  the  entire  Middle  West. 

Implement  Industry  Active. 

After  a  slump  of  several  years  in  the  tri-cities  greatest  manufacturing  division — 
that  of  agricultural  implements — improved  agricultural  conditions  are  believed  to  be 
paving  the  way  for  a  restoration  of  former  activities.  Rock  Island's  largest  factory, 
the  Rock  Island  Plow  Company,  recently  made  a  substantial  increase  in  its  capital  stock, 
and  will  add  immediately  to  its  present  buildings.  Similar  signs  of  expected  improved 
conditions  are  being  noted  among  other  manufacturers  of  Davenport  and  Moline,  Deere 
and  Company  in  the  latter  city  recently  being  able  to  announce  a  retirement  of  a  large 
portion  of  their  bond  indebtedness. 

Numbered  among  Rock  Island's  institutions  are  two  of  the  greatest  fraternal  or- 
ganizations in  the  world.  Both  the  Modern  Woodmen  and  Royal  Neighbors  of  Amer- 
ica have  long  had  their  head  offices  established  in  the  city,  and  all  the  work  necessary 
for  the  keeping  of  thousands  of  records  for  members  is  done  in  three  modern  build- 
ings. A  monthly  magazine  is  issued  from  the  publication  building  of  the  Woodmen, 
more  than  1,100,000  copies  being  printed  monthly. 

Home  of  Modern  Woodmen. 

The  Modern  Woodmen  is  the  largest  fraternal  beneficiary  society  in  the  United 
States,  and  has  a  membership  which  exceeds  1,000,000.  Insurance  now  in  force  aggre- 
gates $1,750,000,000.  Camps  or  lodges  numbering  14,000  are  established  in  forty- 
six  states  of  the  union.  The  financial  record  includes  payment,  since  organization  to 
date,  a  total  of  175,000  death  claims. 

Controlled  exclusively  by  women,  the  Royal  Neighbors,  now  in  its  thirty-second 
year,  combines  more  than  500,000  beneficial  and  social  members.  From  a  financial 
standpoint  the  society  is  a  mammoth  institution.  At  the  close  of  1921  its  admitted 
assets  were  approximately  $10,000,000,  and  they  have  been  increasing  since  that  time 
at  the  rate  of  $4,000,000  annually.  The  society  operates  in  forty-five  states  and  prov- 
inces, and  has  over  7,300  local  camps. 

Clubs  and  Lodges  Strong. 

In  the  number  of  its  other  fraternal  organizations,  clubs  and  societies,  Rock  Is- 
land is  particularly  well  off.     Masons,  Eagles  and  Odd  Fellows  have  their  own  com- 


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modious  quarters,  while  the  Knights  of  Columbus  and  Elks  are  contemplating  building 
programs  which  will  give  them  individual  homes.  The  Rock  Island  Club  is  the  center 
for  the  social  activities  of  the  young  business  and  professional  men  and  others  who 
prefer  social  life  without  any  fraternal  connections.  Large  Rotary,  Kiwanis  and  Ex- 
change Clubs  are  composed  of  forward-looking  business  men,  and  they  take  an  active 
part  in  support  of  all  worth-while  civic  projects.  They  also  give  much  support  to  the 
Mississippi  Yallev  league  baseball  team  and  the  professional  football  club,  which,  in 
recent  years,  has  brought  nation-wide  repute  to  Rock  Island.  Organizations  in  both 
Davenport  and  Moline  are  of  similar  nature,  and  on  many  occasions  combined  activities 
are  carried  through.  Meetings  between  the  business  men  and  farmers  of  surrounding 
territory  are  held,  and  in  this  way  the  breach  which  formerly  existed  between  the  two 
classes  has  been  closed. 

Bank  Deposits  $16,000,000. 

Rock  Island  has  six  banks,  each  doing  a  successful  and  prosperous  business.  De- 
posits of  the  six  financial  institutions  are  in  excess  of  $16,000,000.  Their  directors 
and  stockholders  are  among  the  wealthiest  and  ablest  business  men  in  the  city,  and  the 
best  interests  of  the  community  are  always  first  at  hand. 

In  schools,  libraries,  hospitals  and  welfare  associations,  as  well  as  churches,  Rock 
Island  is  exceptionally  well  provided.  Attendance,  administration  and  efficiency  of 
the  city  school  system  places  Rock  Island  high  in  state  rankings.  Salary  schedules,  in 
Rock  Island  as  well  as  in  Davenport  and  Moline,  are  excellent,  affording  a  well-qualified, 
well  trained  corps  of  instructors.  Enrollment  exceeds  the  6,000  mark,  and  property 
values  run  far  beyond  $1,500,000.  A  sinking  fund,  which,  in  a  few  years,  will  provide 
for  the  building  of  a  new  $1,000,000  high  school,  is  being  added  to  annually. 

An  Educational  Center. 

Augustana  College  and  Seminary,  owned  and  controlled  by  the  Swedish  Evangeli- 
cal Lutheran  Augustana  Synod,  is  located  in  Rock  Island,  and  was  founded  in  i860. 
Departments  of  the  college  include  theological,  collegiate,  academic,  normal,  conserv- 
atory, art,  elocution  and  commercial.  Property  valuation  approximates  $1,000,000, 
and  there  is  an  endowment  fund  amounting  to  $489,528.  More  than  1,000  students 
representing  many  nationalities  and  religious  denominations  were  enrolled  last  year. 

The  Villa  De  Chantal  is  an  accredited  and  select  Rock  Island  boarding  school  for 
girls.  The  school  is  under  the  direction  of  the  Sisters  of  the  Visitation.  The  grounds 
of  the  institution  cover  fifteen  acres  on  beautiful  bluffs  overlooking  the  Mississippi  River. 
Enrollment  here  is  also  drawn  from  all  parts  of  the  country. 

Strong  In  Institutions. 

St.  Anthony's  Hospital  is  conducted  by  the  Franciscan  Sisters  of  the  Immaculate 
Conception,  and  is  housed  in  a  fireproof  and  modernly  equipped  building.  A  training 
school  is  maintained,  and  each  year  a  large  class  of  young  women  are  graduated  from 
the  three-year  course  offered  in  the  hospital.  A  new  tuberculosis  sanitarium  is  main- 
tained by  the  city,  treatment  being  given  to  residents  free  of  charge.  A  county  tuber- 
culosis sanitarium  is  shortly  to  be  erected,  the  funds  being  in  hand. 

Bethany  Home,  a  well-equipped  institution,  cares  for  hundreds  of  homeless  chil- 
dren, and  generous  support  is  given  to  the  institution  by  Rock  Island  residents.  The 
West  End  Settlement  is  operated  for  advancement  and  welfare  work  in  the  industrial 
section  of  the  city.  Supported  alone  by  public  contribution,  the  Rock  Island  Rescue  Mis- 
sion has  done  remarkable  welfare  work  among  homeless  older  boys  and  men,  and  dur- 
ing the  past  year  more  than  4,000  were  given  food  and  lodging  while  en  route  to  other 
sections. 


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Attractive  To  Visitors. 

The  attractiveness  of  the  tri-cities  brings  many  conventions,  both  state  and  na- 
tional. There  are  many  places  of  interest  to  visitors,  among  which  are  Campbell's 
Island,  Credit  Island,  Watch  Tower  Park,  the  Rock  Island  Arsenal,  Fejuvary  Park, 
Prospect  Park,  the  Palmer  School  of  Chiropractic  and  the  Radio  Broadcasting  Sta- 
tion, WOC.  All  points  are  quickly  reached  by  efficient  street  railway  service  or  by  auto 
along  well  kept  boulevards.  Thousands  of  visitors  tour  the  three  cities  each  year,  and 
the  community's  growth  well  speaks  their  approval  of  the  locality. 

The  growth  of  Rock  Island,  Davenport  and  Moline  in  recent  years  provides  a 
future  outlook  that  can  not  be  other  than  an  optimistic  one.  The  new  spirit  in  the  cities 
is  one  of  uplift,  and  the  separate  municipalities  are  each  year  completing  many  improve- 
ments. Rock  Island  has  been  leading  the  way.  A  new  Rock  Island  white  way  light- 
ing system  was  recently  installed  in  the  downtown  section.  A  huge  paving  program  is 
being  planned,  and  during  the  year  1924,  ten  and  one-half  miles  of  paving  were  com- 
pleted by  an  efficient  administration,  making  a  total  of  hfty-two  miles  of  paved  streets. 
The  entire  spirit  is  one  that  will  provide  for  permanent  growth,  continuous  improve- 
ment and  happier  citizens. 


Payc  Two  Hundred  and  Ninety-four 


HENRY  W.  HORST 

Henry  W.  Horst  holds  place  as  one  of  the  master  builders  of  Illinois  and  of  the  Great  Middle  West. 
Founder  and  president  of  the  Henry  W.  Horst  Company  of  Rock  Island,  a  company  long  outstanding  in 
the  fields  of  general  construction  in  both  East  and  Middle  West,  Mr.  Horst  has  naturally  for  years  directed 
many  such  major  construction  projects  in  Iowa  and  Illinois  and  other  Middle  West  states  as  to  make  his 
career  one  of  the  most  interesting  and  inspiring  chapters  in  the  history  of  this  section's  industry. 

Born  in  Germany  and  schooled  in  the  best  traditions  of  the  building  crafts  in  guilds  of  the  old  country, 
Mr.  Horst  came  to  America  and  found  his  way  to  Rock  Island  at  the  age  of  seventeen.  In  his  early  years 
he  worked  as  a  carpenter,  with  his  energies  gradually  leading  to  sub-contracting  and  then  to  contracting. 
Beginning  as  a  contractor  in  Oakley,  Logan  County,  Kansas,  he  there  completed  his  first  buildings  in  1886. 
From  Kansas  he  reached  out  into  other  sections  and  in  1892  established  permanent  residence  in  Rock  Island, 
Illinois.  From  1892  to  1900,  Mr.  Horst  was  associated  with  others  but  in  1900  he  founded  the  Henry  W. 
Horst  Company  and  to  it  his  prime  energies  have  since  been  devoted  although  he  now  has  extensive  in- 
terests in  other  business  directions,  among  them  being  the  presidency  of  Horst  &  Strieter  Company,  dis- 
tributors of  Ford  cars,  having  headquarters  in  Rock  Island  and  branches  in  Moline,  Illinois;  East  Moline, 
Illinois;  Davenport,  Iowa,  and  Muscatine,  Iowa.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the 
Central   Trust  &   Savings    Bank   of   Rock   Island. 

Mr.  Horst  is  intensely  devoted  to  his  church  and  besides  his  local  work  in  that  connection,  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Synod  of  Missouri,  Ohio,  and  other  states,  an 
organization  having  3,458  congregations  with  as  many  pastors  and  more  teachers ;  and  fifteen  colleges  and 
seminaries,  with  large  faculties  and  student  bodies. 

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Walter  A.  Rosenfield 


Eclcman 


WALTER  A.  ROSENFIELD 
Walter  A.  Rosenfield,  mayor  of  the  City  of  Rock 
Island,  and  president  of  the  Rock  Island  Bridge  & 
Iron  Works,  as  well  as  a  director  of  banks  and  num- 
erous of  the  city's  industries,  is  a  native  of  Rock- 
Island.  He  was  born  in  the  city,  June  13,  1877,  the 
son  of  Morris  and  Julia  (Ottenheimer)  Rosenfield, 
and  received  his  education  in  the  Rock  Island  public 
schools  and  in  St.  John's  Military  Academy,  Manlius, 
New  York. 

In  his  business  career,  Mr.  Rosenfield  has  been 
president  of  the  Rock  Island  Bridge  &  Iron  Works 
since  1913,  and  previous  to  this  was  president  of  the 
Moline  Wagon  Company,  Moline,  Illinois,  from  1900 
to  1913.  He  was  elected  mayor  of  Rock  Island  for 
two-year  term  in  1923  and  re-elected  for  a  second 
term  in  1925.  He  also  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Republican  State  Central  Committee  since  1912  and 
was  Republican  State  Chairman  from  1922  to  1924. 
He  has  further  been  active  in  military  affairs  for  a 
number  of  years  and  was  a  captain  in  the  First 
Illinois  Cavalry  during  the  Mexican  border  campaign 
in  1916  and  a  major  in  the  Quartermaster  Corps  of 
the  LInited  States  Army  during  the  World  War. 

He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  M&son,  a  member  of 
the  Elks  Lodge,  and  of  the  Hamilton  Club  of  Chi- 
cago. He  was  married  in  1912  to  Etta  Orendorff 
and  has  two  children,  a  son,  Walter  Sherman,  born 
in  1915,  and  a  daughter,  Phyllis  Irene,  born  in  1917. 


SAMUEL  R.   KENWORTHY 

Samuel  Rinnah  Kenworthy,  prominent  in  the  prac- 
tice of  law  in  Rock  Island,  was  born  in  Andalusia, 
Illinois,  October  14,  1873,  the  son  of  John  T.  and 
Clara  (Wells)  Kenworthy.  His  father,  a  veteran  of 
the  Civil  War,  is  also  a  lawyer,  with  entry  into 
practice  dating  immediately  after  the  close  of  the 
war  and  from  1895  to  1918  he  practiced  with  him,  the 
firm  being  J.  T.  and  S.  R.  Kenworthy.  He  is  now  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Kenworthy,  Dietz,  Shallberg, 
Harper  &  Sinnett,  and  with  this  firm  engages  in 
general  practice. 

Mr.  Kenworthy  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Rock  Island  and  is  a  graduate  of 
the  Rock  Island  High  School  and  the  University  of 
Michigan  (1893).  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of 
Illinois  in  1895. 

Mr.  Kenworthy  has  been  twice  married.  His  first 
wife,  Lillian  M.  Knox,  whom  he  married,  February 
n,  1896,  died  in  1912,  and  he  was  married  again  in 
1914  to  Alma  C.  Rascher  of  Davenport,  Iowa.  He 
has  two  children,  both  by  his  first  marriage.  They 
are  Mrs.  Emily  E.  Lane,  of  Dubuque,  Iowa,  and 
Dorothy,  who  resides  at  home. 

Residence  :  1600  Eighteenth  Avenue.  Business  ad- 
dress :     30-41    State  Bank  Building. 


Samuel  R.  Kenworthy 


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JAMES  J.  QUINN 
Born  at  Tolono,  Illinois,  1857.  Educated  in  the 
public  schools.  Entered  the  University  of  Notre 
Dame,  1874,  and  was  graduated  in  law  in  1878  and  in 
philosophy,  1879.  Took  the  theological  course  at  St. 
Mary's,  Baltimore,  and  was  ordained  priest,  1882.  In 
thirty-eight  years  of  active  service  he  built  or  re- 
modeled and  improved  the  church  properties  at 
Chevanse,  Clifton,  Chalsworth,  Forest  and  St. 
Joseph's,  Rock  Island.  Threatened  with  physical 
breakdown  in  1919  he  resigned  from  parish  work 
and  after  a  year's  recuperation  accepted  the  chap- 
laincy at  the  Villa  De  Chantal,  Rock  Island. 


James  J.  Quinn 


REV.  JOSEPH  SYLVESTER  KELLY 
The  Reverend  Joseph  Sylvester  Kelly,  pastor  of 
the  St.  Mary's  Catholic  Church  of  Moline,  is  a 
native  of  Illinois  and  has  spent  most  of  his  life  in 
the  state.  He  was  ordained  a  priest  by  Bishop  Ryan, 
August  15,  1891,  at  Alton,  Illinois,  and  has  been 
pastor  of  St.  Mary's  Church  since  1898.  Previous 
to  this  he  was  pastor  of  the  Catholic  Church  at 
Gibson  City,  Illinois,  for  four  years,  and  earlier,  for 
several  months  assistant  pastor  at  Bloomington, 
Illinois. 

Father  Kelly  was  born  in  Ottawa,  Illinois,  April 
17,  1865,  the  son  of  John  W.  and  Martha  (Markle) 
Kelly,  and  through  this  parentage  is  descendant  of 
long  -  established  Irish  -  American  ancestry,  his 
maternal  grandparents  notably  having  been  native 
born  Americans  of  family  dating  arrival  in  America 
of  1690. 

In  his  early  schooling  Father  Kelly  attended  the 
Old  St.  Francis  Xavier  School  at  Ottawa,  Illinois, 
and  the  St.  Vitauers  College  at  Baurbannais  Grove, 
Kankakee  County,  where  he  was  trained  in  the  class- 
ical courses.  He  also  spent  two  years  in  philosophical 
study  at  the  La  Grande  Seminary  at  Montreal, 
Canada,  and  prepared  for  the  priesthood  at  St. 
Mary's  Seminary,  Baltimore,  from  which  he  holds 
the  degree  of  bachelor  of  theology.  He  also  in- 
cludes a  post-graduate  course  at  the  Catholic  Uni- 
versity at  Washington,  District  of  Columbia,  which 
was  taken  previous  to  becoming  assistant  pastor  at 
the  Catholic  Church  in  Bloomington. 


Rev.  Joseph  Sylvester  Kelly 


Sandstrom 


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Eckman 


Gustav  Albert  Andreen 


GUSTAV  ALBERT  ANDREEN 

Dr.  Gustav  Albert  Andreen,  president  of  Augustana 
College  and  Theological  Seminary  of  Rock  Island, 
is  a  native  of  Indiana,  but  the  greater  part  of  his 
life  has  been  spent  in  Illinois  and  devoted  to 
Augustana  College,  to  which  he  has  given  an  in- 
spiring leadership  and  brought  great  advancement. 
He  has  been  president  of  the  college  and  theological 
seminary  since  1901,  and  earlier  was  a  student  and 
later  an  instructor  at  the  college. 

Dr.  Andreen  was  born  at  Porter,  Indiana,  March 
13,  1864,  the  son  of  Rev.  Andrew  and  Hilda  (Esping) 
Andreen,  and  holds  degrees  of  A.B.,  Augustana  Col- 
lege, 1881,  and  Ph.D.,  Yale,  1898.  He  also  includes 
having  two  years  of  study  in  European  universities 
and  a  year  and  a  half  in  the  study  of  law  in  Rock 
Island. 

In  his  collegiate  service  he  includes  having  been 
an  instructor  at  Augustana  College  from  1882  to 
1884;  professor  of  languages  at  Bethany  College, 
Kansas,  from  1886  to  1893 ;  instructor  of  German, 
1894  to  1900;  and  professor  of  Scandinavian  language 
and  literature,  Yale,  1900  to  1901.  He  is  the  author 
of  Det  Svenska  Sproket  i  Amerika,  1900 ;  Studies  in 
the  German  Idyl,  1902 ;  and  History  of  the  Educa- 
tional Work  of  the  Augustana  Synod,  1910.  The 
Augustana    Synod   and    Its   Achievements,    1925. 

Dr.  Andreen  was  married  August  7,  1890,  to  Marie 
Strand  of  Junction  City,  Kansas,  and  has  five  chil- 
dren, Paul,  Marion,  Ester,  Gustav  and  Carl. 


BENJAMIN  ALBERT  HORN 
Benjamin  Albert  Horn,  prominent  in  the  profes- 
sion of  architecture  in  Rock  Island,  and  enjoying 
distinction  of  having,  with  his  firm,  designed  many 
of  the  most  imposing  buildings  constructed  in  Rock 
Island,  Moline  and  vicinity  during  recent  years,  is  a 
native  of  Chicago,  with  residence  in  Rock  Island 
dating  from  1918.  In  his  business  he  forms  with 
Olaf  Z.  Cervin  the  firm  of  Cervin  &  Horn,  architects, 
which  notably  has  to  its  credit  the  housing  develop- 
ment of  the  United  States  Housing  Corporation  in 
Rock  Isjand,  Moline  and  East  Moline,  during  the 
World  War ;  the  construction  of  the  Moline  Trust 
Building,  Moline;  Augustana  Seminary,  Ft.  Arm- 
strong Theater,  the  Rock  Island  Argus  Building, 
the  Publication  Building  of  the  Modern  Woodmen 
of  America  and  the  Augustana  Book  Concern,  all  of 
Rock  Island ;  and  the  Lutheran  Hospital,  Moline. 
Much  national  recognition  has  also  come  to  Cervin 
&  Horn  in  recent  years  through  publication  in 
architectural  magazines  of  illustrations  of  their  work, 
and  through  their  writings  on  architectural  subjects. 
Mr.  Horn,  moreover,  is  a  leader  in  civic  and  club 
affairs  in  Rock  Island  and  is  a  former  president  of 
the  Rock  Island  Rotary  Club,  having  held  this  office 
in  1925.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Rock  Island  Club, 
Black  Hawk  Hills  Country  Club,  American  Institute 
of  Architects  and  the  Delta  Phi  Fraternity.  He  is 
a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Illinois  (B.S.  in 
architecture  1910),  and  previous  to  locating  in  Rock- 
Island  and  entering  business  with  Mr.  Cervin  spent 
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REVEREND  CLEMENT  P.  O'NEILL 

The  Reverend  Father  Clement  P.  O'Neill,  pastor 
of  Sacred  Heart  Catholic  Church,  Rock  Island,  was 
horn  at  Kewanee,  Illinois,  September  24,  1873,  and 
is  the  son  of  Michael   and   Sarah    (Aaron)    O'Neill. 

He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Kewanee,  at  St.  Benedict's  Abbey,  Atchison,  Kansas, 
and  at  Mt.  St.  Mary's  Seminary,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

He  was  ordained  a  priest  by  the  archbishop  of 
Cincinnati  on  June  16,  1898,  and  from  1898  to  1902 
was  assistant  pastor  of  the  Cathedral  Church  at 
Peoria,  Illinois,  and  secretary  to  the  late  Bishop 
Spalding.  From  1902  to  1913  he  was  pastor  of  St. 
Mary's  of  the  Woods,  Princeville,  Illinois,  and  since 
1913  he  has  been  pastor  of  Sacred  Heart  Church, 
Rock   Island. 

In  addition  to  his  church  duties.  Father  O'Neill 
is  active  in  the  civic  affairs  of  Rock  Island,  and  to 
his  exertions  may  be  credited  many  of  the  city's 
movements  for  the  public  good.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Rock  Island  Rotary  Club  and  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus,  and  in  both  of  these  organizations  he  is 
among  the  most  active  in  promoting  community 
progress   and   civic  betterment. 


Reverend  Clement  P.  O'Neill 


WILLTAM  J.  QUINLAN 
William  J.  Quinlan,  owner  of  the  Rock  Island  & 
Davenport  Ferry  Company,  Rock  Island,  was  born 
in  Rock  Island,  March  28,  1874,  the  son  of  Patrick 
and  Alice  (Dunn)  Quinlan,  both  natives  of  Ireland. 
His  father  was  a  blacksmith  and  his  immigration  to 
America  and  location  in  Rock  Island  came  during  the 
early  days  of  the  building  of  the  Rock  Island  Arsenal, 
the  elder  Quinlan  and  two  brothers  having  been 
drawn  from  the  old  country  to  work  on  the  arsenal. 
The  father  was  also  later  for  many  years  employed 
by  the  B.  D.  Buford  Plow  Company. 

In  his  boyhood  Mr.  Quinlan  attended  parochial 
schools  in  Rock  Island.  He  left  school  at  the  age 
of  fifteen  and  from  then  until  the  time  he  was 
twenty-one  was  engaged  in  various  occupations. 
When  he  was  twenty-one  he  entered  the  grocery  busi- 
ness and  continued  in  it  for  three  years,  building  a 
business  that  at  the  time  was  second  to  none  in  the 
city  of  Rock  Island.  After  this  he  went  to  Mil- 
waukee and  for  the  next  twenty-three  years  was 
with  the  Red  Star  Compressed  Yeast  Company, 
following  which  he  returned  to  Rock  Island,  engag- 
ing successively  for  periods  of  three  years  each  in 
the  baking  business  and  in  the  retail  oil  business,  in 
both  of  which,  as  in  his  other  enterprises  he  en- 
joyed much  success.  In  the  baking  business  he 
established  the  Quinlan  Bakery  and  made  Quinlan's 
Quality  Bread,  known  as  Rock  Island's  best,  while 
in  the  oil  business,  spending  two  and  a  half  years  in 
the  retail  end  and  six  months  on  the  production 
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William   J.   Quinlan 


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Patterson  S.  McGlynn 


Hostetler 


PATTERSON  S.  McGLYNN 
Patterson  S.  McGlynn,  editor  and  publisher,  Mo- 
line,  was  born  at  Unionville,  Connecticut,  February 
ii.  1850,  the  son  of  John  and  Mary  (O'Connor) 
McGlynn.  He  attended  school  in  Washington,  Iowa. 
and  Davenport,  Iowa,  but  most  of  his  education  was 
obtained  through  work  in  printing  offices.  In  his 
early  years  he  worked  as  a  cub  reporter  on  news- 
papers in  Davenport,  Iowa,  and  in  Rock  Island  and 
Moline,  Illinois.  He  acquired  a  half  interest  in  the 
Moline  Dispatch  July  1,  1885,  and  has  been  asso- 
ciated with  it  continuously  since,  as  editor  from 
1885  to  1924,  and  as  publisher  from  1924  to  date. 
His  capacity  is  also  that  of  president  of  the  Moline 
Dispatch   Publishing  Company. 

The  Dispatch  was  launched,  July  31,  1878,  by  Oliver 
and  Louise  White.  Its  entry  into  the  newspaper 
field  was  as  a  successor  to  the  Moline  Weekly  Re- 
view, started  eight  or  ten  years  earlier,  and  this 
weekly  was  continued  by  the  Whites,  with  publica- 
tion of  the  daily,  and  was  called  the  Moline  Review- 
Dispatch.  The  weekly  was  discontinued  about  ten 
years  ago  by  the  Moline  Dispatch  Publishing  Com- 
pany, which  continues  to  publish  the  daily.  In  its 
first  seven  years  the  Daily  Dispatch  had  some  seven 
changes  of  ownership.  The  late  Colonel  Levi  Haver- 
stick  was  editor  and  publisher  for  a  time,  as  also 
were  B.  F.  Tillinghast,  now  living  in  Florida,  Sam 
Kennedy,  and  the  Dean  Brothers.  The  change  of 
ownership  in  July,  1885,  that  brought  Mr.  McGlynn 
into  it  also  brought  John  K.  Groom  as  the  owner  of 
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ROBERT   C.    SHALLBERG 

Robert  C.  Shallberg,  cashier  and  secretary  of  the  Peoples 
Savings  Bank  &  Trust  Company  of  Moline,  and  a  leading 
figure  in  the  business,  civic  and  social  life  of  his  com- 
munity, is  a  native  of  Moline  and  has  been  a  resident  of 
the  city  all  of  his  life.  He  was  born  in  Moline,  July  28, 
1884,  the  son  of  Andrew  and  Hannah  (Falk)  Shallberg,  and 
received  his  education  in  the  Moline  public  schools,  includ- 
ing the  Moline  High  School,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in    1903,   and    in    Brown's    Business    College. 

He  started  his  business  career  with  the  Peoples  Savings 
Bank  &  Trust  Company  in  1905  and  was  elected  assistant 
cashier  in  191 1.  He  was  made  a  director  in  1913,  and 
cashier  and   secretary   in    191 7. 

In  his  civic  interests  and  activities  he  served  as  presi- 
( Continued   on    Page   301) 


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MARTIN    R.    CARLSON 

Martin  R.  Carlson,  former  mayor  of  Moline,  and  present 
state  senator  of  thirty-third  district  of  Illinois,  is  a  native 
of-  Moline,  having  been  born  in  the  city,  May  2,  1877,  the 
son  of  Gustaf  F.  and  Matilda  (Isaacson)  Carlson.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Moline  and 
as  a  boy  began  his  business  education  in  1891  by  selling 
newspapers  and  magazines  for  his  brother,  A.  G.  Carlson. 
From  this  enterprise,  in  1897,  he  formed  partnership  with 
A.  (i.  Carlson  under  name  of  Carlson  Brothers  and  with 
him  has  developed  the  business  of  office  supplies,  office  furni- 
ture and  office  equipment  by  which  his  name  is  invariably 
associated   in   this   community. 

In  his  political  career,  Mr.  Carlson  was  elected  member 
of  the  county  board  of  supervisors  in  1909,  and  then  chosen 
(Continued    on    Page    302) 


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CHARLES  J.  SEARLE 
Judge  Charles  J.  Searle,  Rock  Island,  judge  of  the  Four- 
teenth Judicial  District  of  Illinois,  has  long  held  position  of 
prominence  in  the  profession  of  law  in  Illinois.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  bar  of  the  state  since  1889  and  in 
addition  to  place  of  leadership  he  has  long  maintained  in 
general  practice,  has  notably  served  as  state's  attorney,  Rock 
Island  County,  1892-1900;  as  president  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  Illinois  State  Normal  School  at  Macomb  for 
several  years;  as  judge  of  the  State  Court  of  Claims,  1904- 
1910;  and  as  special  assistant  to  the  attorney-general  of  the 
United  States  in  prosecution  of  war  fraud  cases,  1922.  He 
was  elected  judge  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  Fourteenth 
Circuit  in  December,  1922.  During  his  entire  career  he 
has  been  a  leading  figure  in  Republican  politics  and  was 
(Continued    on    Page    302) 


HARRY   M.    McCASKRIN 

Harry  M.  McCaskrin,  prominent  in  the  practice  of  law 
in  Rock  Island,  and  Republican  member  of  the  Illinois 
General  Assembly,  as  representative  of  the  thirty-third  district, 
was  born  on  a  farm  near  Rantoul,  Champaign  County,  Illi- 
nois, August  26,  1873,  the  son  of  James  C.  and  Margaret 
(Cloyd)  McCaskrin.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Rantoul  High 
School  (1890),  the  University  of  Illinois  (B.S.  1894),  and 
the   University   of   Michigan    (LL.B.    1896). 

He  has  been  a  resident  of  Rock  Island  and  engaged  in 
his  profession  in  the  city  since  July  1,  1896,  and  included 
in  political  activities  has  served  six  years  as  Republican 
precinct  committeeman.  He  is  now  serving  his  third  term 
as  a  member  of  the  Illinois  State  Legislature.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge,  including  Grotto,  Consistory, 
(Continued    on    Page    302) 


JOHN  F.   MABERRY 

John  F.  Maberry,  county  coroner  of  Rock  Island  County, 
was  born  in  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania,  October  17,  1859,  the 
son  of  James  W.  and  Sarah  J.  (Webb)  Maberry.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Whiteside 
County,  Illinois,  and  the  greater  part  of  his  career  has  been 
spent  in  farming.  He,  however,  also  spent  a  considerable 
period  in  conducting  a  general  store  at  Edgington,  Illinois, 
and  also  includes  having  served  as  tax  collector  of  Edging- 
ton  Township  for  three  years.  He  was  appointed  county 
coroner  of  Rock  Island  County  in  1919  and  has  remained 
in    this    office    continuously    since. 

Mr.  Maberry  is  a  member  of  the  Kiwanis  Club,  the  Elks, 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  Eagles,  Mystic  Workers, 
and  of  the  various  Masonic  bodies,  including  the  Eastern 
(Continued    on    Page    302) 


PATTERSON  S.  McGLYNN 
(Continued  from  Page  300) 
the  other  one-half  interest,  but  Mr.  Groom  disposed  of  his 
part  in  1891  to  W.  F.  Eastman,  who  died  in  1909,  his 
holdings  subsequently  being  acquired  in  191 1  by  John  Sun- 
dine,  who  died  in  1923,  leaving  Mr.  McGlynn  still  actively 
at  the  helm.  Mr.  McGlynn  now,  however,  has  August 
Sundine,  L.  R.  Blackmail  and  Harry  Sward  as  associates  in 
the  company  and  with  them  directs  its  management.  In 
1885  the  paper  had  a  circulation  of  approximately  500.  It 
now  has  12,000,  occupies  one  of  the  finest  newspaper  plants 
in  Illinois,  completed  in  1922,  and  otherwise  holds  position 
of    leadership    among    Illinois    newspapers. 

Mr.  McGlynn  has  always  lent  a  helping  hand  to  every 
good  movement  for  the  welfare  of  Moline  and  through  his 
personal  effort  and  that  of  the  Moline  Dispatch  has  done 
much  to  bring  about  the  city's  present  high  state  of  progress. 
He  is  a  member  of  numerous  local  clubs  and  of  the  various 
Masonic  bodies,   including  the  thirty-second  degree. 

He  was  married  at  Davenport,  Iowa,  July  5,  1880,  to  Annie 
Rose  Pester,  and  has  had  four  children,  all  of  whom  are 
deceased. 

Residence:      808    17th    Street.      Business   address:      Moline 

Dispatch. 

*     *     * 

ROBERT  C.  SHALLBERG 
(Continued  from  Page  300) 
dent  of  the  Moline  Library  Board  in  1923  and  in  1925  was 
elected  president  of  the  Moline  Chamber  of  Commerce.  He 
also  includes  service  as  city  treasurer  of  Moline  and  as 
chairman  of  building  committee  and  trustee  of  the  Moline 
Lodge  of  Elks.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Odd  Fellows,  and 
among  other  distinctions  includes  that  of  having  served 
under  appointment  of  President  Wilson  as  member  of  the 
Moline  and  East  Moline  Unit  on  the  war-time  housing 
problem. 

Mr.  Shallberg  was  married  in  Moline,  March  18,  1908, 
to  Minnie  R.  Wiborg,  and  has  four  children,  three  daughters 
and    one    son. 

Residence:  5330  Fifth  Avenue.  Business  address:  Peo- 
ples   Savings    Bank    &    Trust    Company. 


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HENRY    W.    HORST 
(Continued    from    Page   29s) 

In  community  work,  Mr.  Horst  is  unusually  active,  giv- 
ing freely  of  his  means — also  of  his  time  and  of  the  time 
of  company  employees  to  the  furthering  of  community  good. 
His  community  spirit  is  evidenced  in  the  fact  that  his  city 
is  proud  possessor  of  an  unusual  wading  pool,  including 
dressing  rooms,  fountains,  sand  play  quarters  and  shade 
pavilion  for  parents, — said  to  be  the  most  beautiful  and 
complete  of  such  facilities  west  of  Chicago, — a  gift  from 
Mr.    Horst. 

During  the  World  War,  although  too  old  to  participate 
personally  in  military  service,  he  sent  two  sons  into  the 
service  and  did  all  a  man  could  possibly  do  in  a  local  way. 
Then,  when  the  government  developed  its  program  for 
establishing  houses  for  government  workers,  he  built  for 
the  United  States  Government,  practically  without  profit, 
460  well  appointed  homes,  including  decorating  of  same,  all 
in  117  days.  This  work  was  carried  out  in  six  groups, — one 
in  Moline,  Illinois,  two  in  East  Moline,  Illinois,  three  in 
Rock  Island.  Illinois,  and  was  one  of  the  three  United 
States  Housing  Projects  carried  to  completion  and  the 
country's  record  for  speed  in  government  housing  con- 
struction. 

The  Henry  W.  Horst  Company's  work  for  the  United 
States  Government  has  also  included  the  construction  of 
various  shops  and  buildings  at  the  Rock  Island  Arsenal, 
eleven  buildings,  mostly  large  brick  and  concrete  structures 
for  housing  military  units,  at  the  Government  iProving 
Grounds  near  Savanna,  Illinois;  the  huge  nitrate  storage  pit 
(the  size  of  three  city  blocks),  and  the  sixteen-mile  railroad 
on  the  United  States  Reservation  near  Savanna,  Illinois, 
and  buildings  and  hangars  for  the  army  air  service  at 
Rantoul,    Illinois. 

Included  in  its  long  list  of  industrial  buildings  are  Deere 
Harvester  Plant  in  East  Moline,  where  five  large  build- 
ings were  under  construction  at  one  time;  Root  &  Vander- 
voort,  Wagner  Ordnance  Plant;  the  Deere  Foundry  and 
Service  Building;  Moline  Power  Plant;  Crescent  Macaroni 
and   Cracker   Factory,  Davenport,   Iowa,   etc. 

Among  the  business  blocks,  schools,  clubs  and  residences 
may  be  cited  the  following:  Safety  Building,  Robinson 
Building,  Watch  Tower  Inn,  Rock  Island  Club,  Washington 
School,  Immanuel  Lutheran  School  and  Hall  and  Huber 
Residence,  all  Rock  Island,  and  the  Reliance  Building  and 
Soverhill  Residence  of  Moline;  also  City  Power  Plant  of 
Hammond,  Indiana,  and  Sewage  Disposal  Plant  of  Indian- 
apolis,   Indiana. 

In  addition  to  the  type  of  construction  referred  to  above, 
the  Henry  W.  Horst  Company  has  built  scores  of  hard 
roads  in  various  states  of  the  Union  as  far  east  as  Penn- 
sylvania and  including  in  the  Middle  West  group,  Illinois, 
Iowa  and   Wisconsin. 

Mr.  Horst  was  born  in  Rendsburg,  Holstein,  Germany,  May 
3,  1864,  the  son  of  Anton  and  Anna  Horst,  and  received  his 
education  in  the  public  and  private  schools  of  his  home 
community.  In  the  early  eighties  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri, 
he  was  married  to  Miss  Mollie  Empke  of  Rock  Island  and 
to  their  union  were  born  four  sons  and  four  daughters,  the 
oldest  of  whom,  A.  E.  Horst,  is  now  secretary-treasurer  and 
general  manager  of  the  Henry  W.  Horst  Company.  Mr. 
Horst  is  an  active  member  of  the  Rock  Island  Club,  Rock 
Island  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  the 
Black    Hawk    Hills    Country    Club. 

Residence:       1049    Seventeenth    Street.       Business    address: 

1417-25    Second   Avenue. 

*     *     * 

HARRY   M.    McCASKRIN 

(Continued   from   Page   301) 

Shrine     and     the     Eastern     Star,     and     also     belongs     to     the 

Knights    of    Pythias,    Moose,    Modern    Woodmen    of    America 

and   the    Eagles. 

Mr.    McCaskrin   was   married   August    1,    191 1,   to    Hazel    A. 
Pierce  and  has  two  children,  James  and  Joseph  C.  McCaskrin. 
Residence:   2512  Eighth  Avenue.      Business  address:    1700^2 
Second   Avenue. 


BENJAMIN   ALBERT   HORN 
(Continued   from    Page   298) 
several     years     with     architectural     firms     in     Chicago.        Mr. 
Cervin    is    a    graduate    of    Columbia    University     (1893)    and 
he    also    includes    many    years    in    architectural    work    in    New 
York    and    Chicago. 

Mr.  Horn  was  born  in  Chicago,  September  21,  1887,  the 
son  of  Frank  Louis  and  Martha  (Wegener)  Horn,  and  in 
his  early  schooling  attended  the  Tilden  High  School  of 
Chicago.  He  was  married  in  Rock  Island,  October  28, 
1916,  to  Elizabeth  Walton,  and  has  one  daughter,  Barbara 
Patricia. 

*  *      * 

MARTIN  R.  CARLSON 
(Continued  from  Page  300) 
mayor  of  the  City  of  Moline  in  191 1  for  a  term  of  four 
years.  He  was  re-elected  in  191 5  for  a  term  of  four  years 
and  was  the  first  mayor  of  the  City  of  Moline  under  com- 
mission form  of  government.  He  was  elected  senator  in 
1918  and  re-elected  in  1922.  He  is  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason,  Knight  Templar  and  Shriner.  He  also  belongs  to 
the  Rotary  Club,  Moline  Club,  Elks,  Odd  Fellows,  Redmen, 
Moose,    Eagles    and    the    Short    Hills    Country    Club. 

He  was  married  September  17,  1914,  to  Hada  Martin 
Burkhardt  and  resides  at  1406  Twenty-first  Avenue.  I  lis 
business    address    is    1405-07    Fifth    Avenue. 

CHARLES  J.  SEARLE 
(Continued  from  Page  301) 
his  party's  nominee  for  congress  in  1912.  Judge  Searle  was 
born  in  Ft.  Smith,  Arkansas,  May  16,  1865,  the  son  of 
Judge  Elhanon  J.  and  Cassie  (Pierce)  Searle,  his  father 
being  a  noted  soldier  and  jurist,  with  Civil  War  service  from 
1861  to  August  10,  1865,  first  with  the  10th  Illinois  Cavalry 
and  later  as  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  Second  Arkansas  In- 
fantry. His  father  also  held  distinction  of  being  a  law  stu- 
dent in  the  offices  of  Abraham  Lincoln  when  he  was  elected 
president. 

In  his  early  schooling  Judge  Searle  attended  the  public 
schools  and  Campbell  College,  Holton,  Kansas.  He  studied 
law  at  the  LTniversity  of  Iowa,  and  upon  finishing  the  course 
there,  was  admitted  to  the  practice  of  the  courts  of  both 
Iowa  and  Illinois. 

He  was  married  April  7,  1898,  to  Mary  Pryce  and  has 
three  children,  Franklin  P.,  Margaret  and  Charles  J.,  Jr. 
He  is  a  member  of  numerous  fraternal  orders,  as  well  as  of 
various  civic  and  community  organizations,  with  which  he 
has   always    been    a    leading    spirit    in    all    movements    for    the 

good  of   Rock   Island  and   communitv  betterment. 

*  *      * 

JOHN  F.  MABERRY 
(Continued  from  Page  301) 
Star,  the  Commandery  at  Rock  Island,  and  the  Shrine  at 
Davenport,  Iowa.  He  was  married  January  17,  1882,  to 
Hattie  Deets,  but  is  now  a  widower,  his  wife  having  died 
March  30,  1919.  He  has  four  children,  Mrs.  Effie  Jago,  J. 
Frank  Maberry,  Mrs.  Jennie  Fadden  and  Elma  J.   Maberry. 

WILLIAM    J.    QUINLAN 
(Continued   from   Page   299) 
side  he  built  businesses  that   hold  success  in  an  equal   degree. 
He     purchased      from     stockholders     the     Rock     Island     and 
Davenport    Ferry   Line   in   June,    1925,    and   it   now   forms   his 
principal  business  interest. 

In  all  of  his  enterprises  Mr.  Ouinlan  has  taken  broken 
down  businesses,  his  present  one  included,  for  he  is  rapidly 
rebuilding  it,  and  has  made  them  healthy,  going  concerns, 
real  institutions  and  leaders  in  their  fields.  His  years  in 
the  yeast  business  were  devoted  to  building  the  Red  Star 
Compressed  Yeast  Company  and  he  developed  it  from  a 
small,  unknown  concern  to  the  biggest  of  its  kind  in  the 
country.  His  ventures  in  the  grocery  business,  the  baking 
business,  and  in  the  oil  business  were  on  similar  scale  and 
through  them  Mr.  Ouinlan  has  acquired  a  fortune,  and  made 
place  for  himself  as  a  business  leader.  His  is  an  "I  Will" 
spirit  and  he  already  has  plans  in  motion  to  make  the  ferry 
business  on  the  Mississippi  between  Rock  Island  and  Daven- 
port a  business  of  greatly  increased  worth  to  Rock  Island 
and    Davenport. 

Mr.  Quinlan  was  married  April  to.  1895,  to  Annie  B. 
VratmatT,  and  resides  at  639  Seventeenth  Street,  Rock  Island. 
He  belongs  to  the  Rock  Island  Club,  the  Elks  and  the 
Eagles. 


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East  St.  cQouis—uThe  Hub  of  the  ZAQttion" 

lITUATED  as  it  is,  in  the  heart  of  the  Middle  West,  East  St.  Louis  is  a 
great  railroad  center  and  an  important  industrial  city. 

The  city  is  served  by  twenty  trunk  line  railroacis  over  which  an  average 
of  ninety-four  passenger  trains  travel  daily  and  approximately  900,000  cars 
of  freight  were  handled  during  1924. 

The  railroad  facilities  and  the  abundance  of  steam  power  contribute  to  the  city's  de- 
sirability as  a  location  for  large  factories.  Surrounded  by  fifty-three  coal  mines,  which 
in  1924  had  a  gross  output  of  5,000,000  tons,  East  St.  Louis  plants  may  obtain  coal  by 
railroad,  electric  lines  or  motor  trucks. 

And  there  is  now  available  to  manufacturers  the  facilities  of  "Cahokia,"  the  larg- 
est electric  power  plant  in  the  West.  Cahokia  will  be  in  four  units,  two  of  which 
are  completed  and  it  will  represent  a  capital  investment  of  $35,000,000.  Its  output 
of  electricity  is  four  times  that  of  Muscle  Shoals  and  it  brings  the  average  electric  rates 
in  East  St.  Louis  among  the  fifteen  lowest  cities  in  the  United  States. 

Incomparable  shipping  facilities  enable  East  St.  Louis  shippers  to  enjoy  extremely 
cheap  freight  rates.  The  terminal  facilities  of  the  city  are  adequate  for  any  needs  and 
all  parts  of  the  country  are  easily  accessible.  The  Mississippi  River  is  also  an  invalu- 
able adjunct.  It  enables  manufacturers  to  use  the  Federal  Barge  Line  to  transport  their 
products  North  and  South  and  it  is  the  source  of  supply  for  unlimited  steam  energy. 

East  St.  Louis  is  rapidly  becoming  known  as  the  iron  and  steel  center  of  the  West. 
Many  authorities  predict  it  is  destined  to  replace  Pittsburgh  as  the  greatest  steel  pro- 
ducing center  in  the  United  States.  Through  its  central  location  it  also  is  able  to  draw 
quickly  upon  other  sources  of  supply  of  raw  materials  for  manufacturing  purposes. 

Four  banks  in  East  St.  Louis,  all  under  the  supervision  of  the  United  States  Gov- 
ernment, have  total  resources  of  $33,700,000. 

East  St.  Louisians  are  spending  nearly  $1,000,000  to  improve  their  city  streets  in 
1925.  They  are  building  a  modern  hospital  at  a  cost  of  $500,000.  They  already 
have  seventy-five  miles  of  hard  roads  in  St.  Clair  County  and  4,614  miles  throughout 
the  State  of  Illinois.  And  they  enjoy  one  of  the  best  equipped  country  clubs  in  the 
state. 

This  is  East  St.  Louis  to-day — a  busy,  rapidly  growing  metropolis — a  city  surpass- 
ing the  dream  of  the  pioneers — who  planned  great  things  for  the  town,  back  in  the  days 
when  Collinsville  Avenue  was  a  cow  pasture. 

The  attractive  residence  districts  and  beautiful  homes  were  then  undreamed  of. 
The  always  steady  increase  in  building  has  taken  a  new  spurt  since  the  war.  There  is 
now  a  consistent  effort  to  build  more  and  better  homes  and  the  total  value  of  building 
permits  in  1924  was  $3,293,338. 

The  educational  system  has  also  grown  by  leaps  and  bounds.  There  are  now  forty 
public  and  parochial  school  buildings  in  East  St.  Louis.  There  are  also  seventy 
churches  in  the  city. 

Recreational  facilities  are  also  very  attractive — in  fact  East  St.  Louis  is  second 
to  no  city  of  its  size  in  providing  facilities  for  the  enjoyment  of  its  people.  Its  munic- 
ipal park  system  comprises  1,333  acres.     The  use  of  these  parks  is  free  to  the  public. 

Jones  Park  is  as  pretty  a  spot  as  will  be  found  in  almost  any  city.  It  contains  a 
swimming  pool — the  largest  outdoor  municipal  swimming  pool  in  the  world — num- 
erous tennis  courts — a  baseball  diamond — a  picturesque  lagoon  for  boating  and  canoe- 
ing— and  many  artistic  buildings  which  add  to  the  attractiveness  of  the  park. 

The  spirit  of  good  fellowship  pervades  the  atmosphere  in  East  St.  Louis.  Num- 
erous organizations  foster  this  spirit,  chief  among  which  are  the  Rotary,  Lions  and 
Optimists  Clubs,  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Junior  Chamber  of  Commerce,   the 


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Employers  Association,  the  Southern  Illinois  Sportsmen's  League,  the  St.  Clair  County 
Medical  and  Dental  Societies,  the  East  St.  Louis  Bar  Association  and  the  Business  and 
Professional  Women's  Club.  There  are  many  other  smaller  clubs  for  men  and  women 
and  of  course  a  great  many  clubs  of  a  purely  social  nature. 

East  St.  Louis  is  able  to  boast  that  it  has  unequalled  public  utility  service.  Gas, 
electric  light,  water  and  telephone  rates  are  among  the  lowest  in  the  United  States  and 
city  water  has  been  known  as  the  clearest  and  purest  in  the  Central  West. 

With  all  the  advantages  the  city  offers,  with  its  climate,  its  pure  water,  it  is  small 
wonder  that  the  United  States  Bureau  of  Census  places  the  death  rate  for  this  city  at 
II. i  per  100,000  which  proves  that  East  St.  Louis  is  one  of  the  healthiest  cities  in  the 
world. 

About  seventy-five  years  ago  the  name  of  East  St.  Louis  first  appeared  on  a  map. 
And  from  this  early  handful  of  people  the  city  has  grown  to  its  present  proportions 
— a  population  of  80,000  according  to  the  last  census. 

Hundreds  of  high  type  business  men — thousands  of  happy  working  men  are  em- 
ployed in  East  St.  Louis  at  adequate  wages  that  assure  them  of  the  comforts  and  many 
of  the  luxuries  of  life.  While  wages  are  high,  both  food  and  clothing  are  very  mod- 
erately priced.  There  are  more  than  425  retail  stores  amply  equipped  to  meet  all 
needs. 

Factories  of  national  importance — such  as  the  Aluminum  Ore,  the  largest  alum- 
inum plant  in  the  United  States — Armour  &  Company — Swift  &  Company,  nationally 
known  packers — American  Steel — Obear-Nester  Glass  Company — Hammer  White 
Lead  Company,  provide  employment  to  thousands. 

The  National  Stock  Yards  and  the  railroads  also  employ  a  great  many  people — 
so  that  East  St.  Louis  is  a  veritable  hive  of  industry,  and  the  prosperity  and  content- 
ment that  follows  in  the  wake  of  business  activity  is  everywhere  apparent. 

To  the  founders  of  East  St.  Louis  is  due  much  of  the  credit — to  those  steadfast 
and  energetic  citizens  who  not  only  watched,  but  helped  the  town  grow;  to  those  men 
who  devoted  the  best  of  their  energies  and  thought  to  the  development  of  a  bigger  and 
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CHARLES  B.  THOMAS 

Twice  a  judge  of  the  state  courts  of  Illinois,  seven  years  United  States  referee  in  bankruptcy  for 
the  Eastern  District  of  the  state,  and  prominently  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  for  the  past  thirty  years, 
in  which  capacity  he  has  handled  many  of  the  largest  and  most  important  cases  in  Southern  Illinois,  Charles 
B.  Thomas  has  long  held  place  as  one  of  the  leaders  of  his  profession  in  the  state.  This  is  further  indicated 
by  the  fact  that  in  1904  he  was  the  Democratic  nominee  and  candidate  for  state  treasurer,  and  in  1924 
the   unanimous   choice  of   his   friends   and   a   large  part  of  the  Democratic  party  in  Illinois  for  governor. 

Judge  Thomas  is  moreover  importantly  connected  with  banks  and  other  leading  business  institutions 
of  the  section  and  in  addition  to  his  place  in  law  enjoys  much  reputation  as  a  business  leader.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Illinois  State  and  the  American  Bar  Associations,  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  a  Shriner, 
Odd  Fellow,  Knight  of  Pythias  and  Elk. 

A  native  of  Illinois,  Judge  Thomas  was  born  in  Hamilton  County,  February  4,  1871,  the  son  of  Hosea 
M.  and  Marinda  (Jamerson)  Thomas.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools,  normal  school  and 
Enfield  College,  and  previous  to  locating  in  East  St.  Louis  was  engaged  in  practice  in  McLeansboro,  Illi- 
nois for  a  number  of  years.  He  removed  to  East  St.  Louis  in  191 1  and  has  made  the  city  his  home  con- 
tinuously since.  He  was  married  in  Hamilton  County,  June  2,  1891,  to  Miss  Elizabeth  White,  and  has 
three  children,   Edith   C.    Melvin   H.   and   Vinita. 

Residence:      607    Washington    Place.      Business    address:     Metropolitan  Building. 


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Gerhard  Sisters 

ALLEN   T.   SPIVEY 

Allen  Thomas  Spivey,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  on  a  farm  seven  miles  west  of  Shawneetown. 
on  April  5,  1875.  He  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Jefferson  and  Sally  Ann  Smyth  Spivey,  being  one  of  ten  chil- 
dren, five  boys  and  five  girls,  born  to  this  family.  He  was  of  Presbyterian  forebears,  his  father  and  mother 
being  among  the  founders  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Kuykendall  Valley.  The  Spivey  family  came 
from  Scotch-English  stock  and  the  Smyths  were  Irish,  coming  in  the  latter  part  of  the  18th  century  from 
County   London    Derry,    Ireland. 

Mr.  Spivey  attended  public  school  in  the  old  Ringgold  schoolhouse  until  he  finished  the  eighth  grade. 
He  then  attended  the  high  school  at  Shawneetown  from  1891  to  1894.  In  1894  he  attended  the  Commercial 
College  in  Evansville,  Indiana. 

In  the  fall  of  1895  he'  began  his  career  in  the  newspaper  business  as  office  "devil"  for  the  Gallatin 
Democrat,  a  weekly  newspaper  published  in  Shawneetown  by  Marshall  E.  Daniel.  He  worked  the  first  year 
for  $2.00  per  week,  the  second  year  for  $3.00  per  week.  After  the  third  year  he  changed  positions  and 
worked  as  a  printer  on  the  old  Shawneetown  News,  edited  by  M.  J.  Hartnett.  For  several  years  he  worked 
in  various  capacities  on  this  newspaper. 

In  November,  1901,  he  established  the  Shawneetown  Gleaner,  the  third  newspaper  to  be  published  in 
that  small  town.  In  his  first  issue  he  announced  that  there  would  not  be  room  for  three  newspapers  in 
such  a  small  town  and  that  sooner  or  later  it  would  be  a  case  of  the  survival  of  the  fittest  and  that  his  news- 
paper would  be  one  of  the  survivors.  His  prediction  came  true,  and  in  March,  1902,  he  bought  the 
Shawneetown  News  and  consolidated  the  two  newspapers  as  the  News-Gleaner.  He  continued  publish- 
ing the  News-Gleaner  until  January  18,   1915,  when  he  moved  to  East  St.  Louis  and  engaged  in  the  com- 

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W.  H.  Sawyer 


W.   II.   SAWYER 

Willits  Herbert  Sawyer,  president  of  the  East  St. 
Louis  and  Suburban  Railway  Company,  is  an  out- 
standing figure  in  the  electric  railways  industry,  be- 
ing prominently  identified  with  affairs  both  local  and 
national. 

He  was  born  in  Schoolcraft,  Michigan,  October  30, 
1873.  the  son  of  Herbert  Brown  Sawyer  and  Lina 
Frances  Pursel  Sawyer.  He  graduated  from  the  Col- 
lege of  Engineering  at  the  University  of  Nebraska 
and  then  commenced  a  fruitful  career  in  the  in- 
dustry which  he  now  represents. 

Starting  with  the  General  Electric  Company  at 
Schenectady,  New  York,  he  gained  valuable  ex- 
perience which  led  to  an  executive  position  as  en- 
gineer in  charge  of  office  with  Ford,  Bacon  and 
Davis,  New  York.  From  1905  to  1914  he  was  vice- 
president  of  the  E.  W.  Clark  &  Company  Manage- 
ment Corporation  at  Columbus,  Ohio. 

In  1919  Mr.  Sawyer  became  president  of  the  East 
St.  Louis  and  Suburban  Railway  Company,  East 
St.  Louis  Railway  Company  and  affiliated  companies. 
Since  taking  over  this  work  he  has  perfected  the 
street  railway  and  suburban  system  to  an  extent  that 
has  evoked  favorable  comment  from  all  quarters. 

Mr.  Sawyer  has  the  honor  of  being  a  Fellow  in 
the  American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers.  He  is 
vice-president  of  the  American  Railway  Association 
and  is  a  director  on  the  St.  Louis  Electrical  Board 
of  Trade.  In  addition,  he  belongs  to  a  number  of 
civic  and  social  organizations  both  in  Illinois  and 
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CHARLES  B.  GOEDDE 

Charles  Bernhard  Goedde,  son  of  Bernhard  and 
Adelaide  Goedde,  is  a  native  East  St.  Louisan,  born 
May  27,  1866.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  at  Smith's  Academy. 

In  April,  1882,  he  entered  the  lumber  business 
which  was  established  by  his  father  in  1873.  The 
business  developed  rapidly  and  in  1904  the  company 
was  incorporated.  A  year  later  Charles  Goedde  was 
made  president  of  this  enterprising  concern  and  has 
ever  since  guided  its  policies. 

Mr.  Goedde  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  East 
St.  Louis  City  Council  and  was  city  treasurer  from 
1905  to  1907.  He  has  at  various  times  served  as 
drainage  commissioner  and  clerk  of  New  Brighton 
Village. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Elks  Club ;  Gothic  Lodge, 
A.  F.  and  A.  M. ;  Mississippi  Valley  Consistory; 
Ainad  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.  Mr.  Goedde 
married  Miss  Erna  M.  Ropiequet  in  June,  1901.  They 
have  four  daughters,  Bernice,  Gladys,  Lucille  and 
Charlotte.  Bernice  is  a  registered  architect  of  the 
State  of  Illinois. 


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Rt.  Rev.  Msgr.  Charles  Gilmartin 


REVEREND  JAMES  DOWNEY 
Reverend  James  Downey,  the  son  of  Cornelius 
and  Ellen  Downey  Regan,  was  born  in  Cork,  Ireland. 
He  received  his  education  at  Louvain,  Belgium,  and 
was  ordained  into  the  priesthood  in  June,  1892.  He 
received  his  preliminary  studies  at  Floreffe  in  Namur, 
Belgium,    where    he    graduated    in    1886. 

After  his  ordination  Father  Downey  came  directly 
to  the  United  States  and  to  East  St.  Louis,  Illinois, 
where  he  was  made  assistant  at  St.  Patrick's  Church. 
After  seven  years'  service  there  he  was  called  to 
St.  Francisville,  Illinois,  where  he  remained  for  a 
five   years'   pastorate. 

In  1904  he  was  transferred  to  Cairo.  Illinois,  where 
he  faithfully  served  the  people  of  that  community 
for  nineteen  years.  On  February  1,  1923,  he  was 
once  more  transferred  back  to  East  St.  Louis,  thus 
returning  to  the  place  where  he  had  started  his 
ecclesiastical  career.  He  is  now  the  spiritual  guide 
for  the  flock  at  St.  Joseph's  Church  where  he  is 
highly  beloved   of   the   people. 


RT.  REV.  MSGR.  CHARLES  GILMARTIN 
Rt.  Rev.  Msgr.  Charles  Gilmartin  has  been  prom- 
inent in  affairs  of  the  church  for  many  years.  He 
was  born  in  Marble  Hall,  Pennsylvania,  September  5. 
^73,  the  son  of  Patrick  Gilmartin  and  Bridget  Gan- 
non Gilmartin. 

He  studied  philosophy  and  the  classics  at  St. 
Francis  College,  Quincy,  Illinois,  from  1877  to  1894. 
His  theological  education  was  received  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Insbruck,  Tyrol,  Austria,  from  1894  to 
1907. 

After  finishing  his  studies  Father  Gilmartin  be- 
came assistant  pastor  at  Germantown,  Illinois,  where 
he  remained  for  two  years.  He  was  then  trans- 
ferred to  East  St.  Louis  where  he  became  assistant 
pastor  at  St.  Patrick's  Church.  In  1902  he  founded 
the  Sacred  Heart  Parish  in  East  St.  Louis,  and  has 
remained  its  pastor  ever  since.  He  was  appointed 
Monsignor  by  His  Holiness  Pope  Benedict  in  June, 
1921. 


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DR.  LOUIS  G.  HARNEY 

Dr.  L.  G.  Harney  was  born  in  Auburn,  Illinois, 
April  28,  1879.  His  parents  were  Albert  A.  Harney 
and  Emma  Hart  Harney.  He  attended  the  Auburn 
Higb  School  and  received  his  medical  education  at 
the  Northwestern  Medical  School,  graduating  in  1903. 

He  taught  in  Northwestern  University  for  one  year 
after  graduating,  received  his  hospital  practice  in 
Wesley  Hospital  and  then  commenced  practice  in 
East   St.   Louis   in   1907. 

He  served  for  twenty-three  months  in  the  late  war, 
starting  as  a  first  lieutenant,  was  then  made  lieu- 
tenant-colonel and  later  staff  medical  officer  with 
headquarters,  2nd  Army,  A.  E.  F. 

Dr.  Harney  has  been  active  in  civic  affairs  of 
East  St.  Louis,  a  member  of  the  Rotary  Club  and 
several  other  organizations,  and  was  a  pioneer  in  the 
Boy  Scout  movement  there,  having  served  as  presi- 
dent of  the  Court  of  Honor. 

In  June,  1910,  he  married  Miss  Lela  Workman. 
They  have  two  daughters,  Mary  Lee  and  Jeanne, 
The   family  resides   in  University  Citv. 


Dr.  Louis   G.  Harney 


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TULLIE  VAN  BOYD,  M.D. 

Dr.  Tullie  Van  Boyd  was  born  September  6,  1882, 
in  Anna,  Illinois.  His  earlv  life  was  spent  on  a 
large  fruit  farm  owned  by  his  father,  Christopher 
Jerry  Boyd,  which  is  located  one  mile  south  of  Anna, 
Illinois.  Here  he  grew  up  with  six  brothers  and 
one  sister.  With  the  exception  of  one  brother  who 
was  killed  accidentally,  all  are  now  living  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  old  homestead  which  is  still  main- 
tained by  their  father  and  mother.  His  mother  be- 
fore her  marriage  was  Miss  Emily  Malinda  Hess. 

He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Anna,  Illinois,  and  his  M.D.  degree  was 
conferred  at  St.  Louis  University,  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 

Dr.  Boyd  began  the  practice  of  medicine  in  East 
St.  Louis,  Illinois,  in  September,  1910,  and  during 
his  professional  career  has  been  associated  with 
various  industrial  companies  in  addition  to  conduct- 
ing a  general  practice. 

The  doctor  is  a  member  of  the  Alpha  Kappa  Kappa 
Fraternity  and  belongs  to  the  American,  State  and 
County  Medical  Societies ;  the  American  Association 
of  Industrial  Physicians  and  Surgeons ;  the  Asso- 
ciation of  Military  Surgeons  of  the  United  States; 
the  Medical  Veterans  of  the  World  War,  and  the 
American  Legion.  He  is  a  member  of  the  East  St. 
Louis  Rotary  Club  and  belongs  to  the  Mississippi 
Valley  Consistory,  No.  81. 

Dr.  Boyd  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant  in 
the  Medical  Corps  of  the  United  States  Army,  July, 
1917.  He  was  associated  with  the  American  Ambu- 
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SILAS   COOK 

Judge  Silas  Cook  is  a  native  son  of  Illinois,  hav- 
ing been  born  in  White  County,  February  20,  1854. 
His  parents  were  Charles  Cook  and  Nancy  J.  Cook. 
He  had  a  common  school  education  and  then  at  an 
early  age  politics  claimed  him. 

He  served  as  county  clerk  of  Gallatin  County, 
Illinois,  from  1882  until  1894.  In  May,  1892,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  Illinois  bar  and  commenced  the 
practice  of  law.  He  moved  to  East  St.  Louis  from 
Shawneetown  in  June,  1895,  and  practiced  law  there 
until  September,  1898,  when  he  was  elected  judge  of 
the   City   Court   where  he   served   until   1903. 

Judge  Cook  was  then  tendered  the  highest  office 
which  the  city  had  to  offer  and  became  its  mayor 
in  April,  1903.  He  held  the  post  of  chief  executive 
of  East  St.  Louis  until  1911.  In  1918  he  was  again 
made  judge  of  the  City  Court  and  still  presides  as 
such. 

Judge  Cook  is  a  member  of  A.  F.  and  A.  M. 
Lodges. 

In  September,  1879,  he  married  Sarilda  E.  Kinsall 
and  they  had  six  children,  four  of  whom  are  living. 
One  son,  Ralph  Cook,  is  a  member  of  the  East  St. 
Louis  City  Commission. 


Silas  Cook 


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STEPHEN  D.  SEXTON 

Stephen  D.  Sexton  has  been  continually  located  in 
East  St.  Louis  since  birth.  He  has  been  in  the  real 
estate,  loan  and  insurance  business  there  for  the  past 
forty-three  years  and  has  to  his  credit  a  long  record 
of  achievements   in  the  business   world. 

Mr.  Sexton  has  taken  active  interest  in  civic  affairs, 
having  served  as  alderman  for  two  years  and  as  a 
member  of  the  board  of  supervisors  for  three  years. 

Mr.  Sexton  has  been  a  member  of  the  Park  Board 
of  the  East  St.  Louis  Park  District  for  six  years  and 
has  just  been  re-elected  for  a  further  term  of  six 
years  and  is  now  serving  his  fourth  year  as  its  presi- 
dent. 

Mr.  Sexton  has  been  vice-president  of  the  Southern 
Illinois  Trust  Company  for  a  period  of  fifteen  years. 

He  was  married  thirty-five  years  ago  to  Miss 
Minnesota  Closson  and  they  have  two  sons,  Henry 
D.  and   Stephen  D.   Sexton. 


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Metropolitan 


William  P.  Launtz 


WILLIAM    P.   LAUNTZ 

William  Parkinson  Launtz,  son  of  Jacob  and 
Matilda  (Parkinson)  Launtz,  was  born  in  Guernsey 
County,  Obio,  February  24,  1848.  His  father  was  of 
German  ancestry,  and  his  mother  of  remote  English- 
Scotch  descent,  a  woman  of  well-cultivated  mind,  a 
leader  in  Christian  and  social  circles,  a  writer  of 
religious  and  political  poetry. 

Our  subject  received  a  common  English  education 
and  with  his  family  moved  to  Iowa.  In  April,  1865, 
at  the  close  of  the  Civil  War,  he  crossed  the  Plains, 
from  Fort  Kerney  in  Nebraska  to  Boise  City  in 
Idaho.  Thirteen  hundred  and  fifty  miles  of  the  way 
he  traveled  on  foot  and  alone  after  night,  the  Indians 
then  being  at  war  with  the  whites,  and  the  Indians 
largely  outnumbering  and  having  control  of  that 
part  of  the  country,  except  at  the  forts,  which  were 
some  three  hundred  miles  apart,  made  it  necessary 
to  hide  by  day  and  to  travel  by  night.  There  were  no 
railroads  at  that  time  there,  and  much  of  the  way 
being  over  snow-covered  mountains  and  no  visible 
road  of  any  kind,  his  only  guidance  being  his  limited 
knowledge  of  the  stars.  He  met  William  Cody,  Buffalo 
Bill,  in  the  Elkhorn  Mountains,  who  strongly  advised 
against  continuing  the  trip.  He  also  usually  spent 
a  few  hours  with  the  soldiers  at  the  different  forts, 
who  were  glad  to  see  a  white  human  from  the  out- 
side and  give  him  a  square  meal,  a  privilege  seldom 
enjoyed ;  and  so  it  was  at  Salt  Lake  City,  the  home 
of  Brigham  Young,  who  was  then  the  happy  husband 
of  twenty-seven  wives,  living  with  them  in  what  was 
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ALBERT  B.   FRANKEL 

Albert  B.  Frankel,  prominent  architect  of  East  St.  Louis, 
was  born  in  Stockholm,  Sweden,  March  1,  1868.  His  parents 
were   Lars   August    Frankel   and   Theresa   D.    G.    Frankel. 

He  came  to  this  country  and  to  Illinois  at  an  early  age  and 
was  educated  in  the  schools  of  East  St.  Louis.  It  was  not 
long  before  he  chose  the  work  for  which  he  showed  decided 
talent. 

Before  opening  offices  in  East  St.  Louis,  Mr.  Frankel 
practiced  for  two  years  in  San  Antonio,  Texas.  From  1897 
until  the  present  time  he  has  been  engaged  in  architectural 
work  in  East  St.  Louis  and  during  that  time  has  given  the 
city  and  surrounding  country  some  splendid  examples  of  his 
art. 

Mr.  Frankel  is  a  member  of  the  Elks  Club  and  belongs 
to  all  Masonic  bodies.  He  married  Harriet  Newell  Camp- 
bell   in    April,    1910.      They    have    no    children. 


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FRED  GIESSING 

Fred  Giessing,  head  of  the  Schaub  Hardware  Company  in 
East  St.  Louis,  was  born  in  Iron  Mountain,  Missouri,  August 
17,  1863,  the  son  of  Charles  and  Mary  Giessing.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  attended  Carlton  College  at 
Farmington,  Missouri,  and  Johnson's  Commercial  College  at 
St.    Louis. 

He  started  what  was  destined  to  be  a  long  and  honorable 
career  in  mercantile  pursuits  in  1885  when  he  went  into 
business  at  Valley  Forge,  Missouri.  He  came  to  East  St. 
Louis,  Illinois,  in  1894,  as  assistant  manager  of  the  Schaub 
Hardware  Company  and  in  19 12  succeeded  Mr.  Schaub  as 
head  of  the  firm.  At  the  same  time  he  was  made  a  director 
in  the  Southern  Illinois  Trust  Company.  He  is  also  a  vice- 
president  in  this  bank. 

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FRANK  L.    REARDEN 

Col.  Frank  L.  Rearden  has  to  his  credit  a  worthy  list  of 
achievements  in  the  commercial  field  as  well  as  a  distinguished 
military  record.  He  was  born  in  North  Platte,  Nebraska, 
October  17,  1875.  His  parents  were  Frank  Rearden  and 
Harriet   Le   Roy    Rearden. 

Col.  Rearden  received  his  education  in  the  schools  of  St. 
Louis,  attending  the  public  schools,  the  St.  Louis  Manual 
Training  School,  Washington  University  and  the  Benton 
College  of  Law. 

His  business  career  was  varied,  consisting  of  a  year  with 
a  St.  Louis  wholesale  paper  company  in  1896;  three  years 
with  the  Interstate  Sand  and  Car  Transfer  Company;  three 
years  handling  railway  supplies  at  the  Western  Railway  Equip- 
ment Company,  St.  Louis.  In  1903  he  went  with  the  W.  B. 
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THOMAS  L.   FEKETE 

Thomas  LeBeau  Fekete,  son  of  Thomas  Louis  Fekete 
and  Charlotte  LeBeau,  was  born  in  East  St.  Louis,  July  1, 
1882.  He  was  educated  in  the  East  St.  Louis  public  schools 
and  was  graduated  from  the  East  St.  Louis  High  School  in 
1 90 1  and  from  the  University  of  Michigan  in  1904,  with  the 
degree   of  bachelor   of   law. 

After  graduating  he  practiced  law  in  East  St.  Louis  and 
in  191 5  became  proprietor  of  the  Fekete  Agency,  engaged  in 
real  estate,  insurance  and  loan  business.  He  was  elected 
assistant  supervisor  in  county  board,  1905  to  1910;  chief 
supervisor,  1910-1912;  chairman  of  the  board  of  supervisors 
and  chairman  of  the  board  of  review  of  St.  Clair  County, 
1912;  elected  city  attorney  of  East  St.  Louis,  1913-1915; 
appointed  assistant  corporation  counsel  of  East  St.  Louis 
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JAMES   W.    KIRK 

James  W.  Kirk  is  one  of  the  few  East  St.  Louisans  who 
has  watched  the  city  develop  from  a  town  of  7,000  inhabitants 
to  its  present  population  of  80,000.  Not  that  he  watched 
from  the  side  lines,  for  in  his  fifty-four  years  of  residence- 
in  East  St.  Louis  he  has  been  almost  continuously  engaged 
in    furthering   the    city's   progress. 

Born  in  South  Byron,  New  York,  April  1,  1848,  the 
son  of  Thomas  and  Susan  McDonald  Kirk,  he  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  and  finished  at  the  State  Normal  School 
at  Brockport,  New  York.  During  his  early  years,  and  during 
school  vacations,  he  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business. 
He  taught  school  for  some  time  after  his  Normal  School 
training  and  did  newspaper  work  in  the  East. 

Mr.    Kirk  came   to   East    St.    Louis   in    1871   and   served   for 
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JOHN   J.    FAULKNER 

John  J.  Faulkner,  the  son  of  George  and  Luemma  Faulkner, 
was  born  in  Richardson  County,  Nebraska,  November  5, 
1 86 1.  Fie  was  educated  in  the  common  and  high  schools 
of  Nebraska  and  was  engaged  in  educational  book  publishing 
work    for    fifteen    years. 

Mr.  Faulkner's  career  has  been  varied  and  interesting. 
He  was  county  superintendent  of  schools  in  Richardson 
County,  Nebraska,  from  1885  to  1887.  After  his  term  in 
office  he  turned  to  newspaper  work  and  became  manager 
of  the  Falls  City  (Nebraska)  Journal.  His  interest  in 
journalism  led  to  his  appointment  as  editor  of  this  news- 
paper and  he  served  as  its  editor  and  publisher  until  1892. 
In  that  year  he  went  on  the  road  as  traveling  salesman  and 
was  for  many  years  general  agent  for  the  American  Book 
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JOHN  C.   BRADY 

John  C.  Brady  was  born  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  January  12, 
1859,  the  son  of  Michael  and  Margaret  Brady.  He  had  a 
common   school   education. 

Previous  to  his  political  career  he  had  quite  varied  ex- 
perience in  the  business  world,  having  been  with  the  St. 
Louis  Transfer  Company  from  1874  to  1880,  the  Adams  Ex- 
press Company  from  i88r  to  1891  and  the  Morris  Packing 
Company    from    1892    to    1904. 

In  1905  he  was  made  a  justice  of  the  peace  in  East  St. 
Louis  and  held  that  position  until  1925.  In  1925  he  was 
re-elected  and  his  present  term  does  not  expire  until   1929. 

Judge    Brady    has    the    distinction    of    having   been    the    first 
one    to    drive    a    horse    over   the    Eads    Bridge.      That    was    in 
June,  1874,  when  the  new  bridge  was  still  one  of  the  wonders 
(Continued    on    Page    314) 


ALLEN  T.  SPIVEY 
(Continued  from  Page  306) 
mercial  printing  business.  In  February,  1918,  he  purchased 
the  Daily  Journal,  a  newspaper  established  by  Jas.  W.  Kirk 
in  1879.  Since  then  he  has  devoted  his  time  to  develop- 
ing the  Daily  Journal  into  one  of  the  best  daily  news- 
papers  in   the   State   of   Illinois. 

Mr.  Spivey  has  also  been  active  in  politics,  his  career  be- 
ginning with  his  election  as  city  treasurer  of  the  City  of 
Shawneetown  in  1900.  From  that  time  on  his  interest  and 
activity  in  politics  increased  until  he  became  one  of  the 
political  leaders  of  that  part  of  the  state.  In  1907  he  was 
appointed  postmaster  in  Shawneetown  and  served  two  terms. 
After  moving  to  East  St.  Louis  he  continued  his  interest  in 
politics  and  played  an  important  part  in  the  campaign  in 
which  Governor  Lowden  was  elected  Governor  of  Illinois. 
He  was  appointed  superintendent  of  finance  by  Governor 
Lowden  and  served  until  the  end  of  Lowden's  term.  When 
Governor  Small  announced  his  candidacy  Mr.  Spivey  sup- 
ported him  and  when  Governor  Small  made  his  appointments 
he  made  Mr.  Spivey  one  of  the  assistant  commerce  com- 
mission. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Spivey  has  ranked  among  the  fore- 
most men  in  Southern  Illinois.  He  is  of  an  optimistic  and 
religious  nature.  He  is  a  man  of  strong  convictions  and  is 
always  sure  of  himself  and  of  the  sincerity  and  praise- 
worthiness  of  his  intentions.  He  has  studiously  lived  up  to  a 
code  of  conduct  which  he  had  set  for  himself  on  its  moral 
and  religious  side  and  on  its  political  side  honorably.  One 
of  his  favorite  slogans  is  "Do  right."  If  he  has  done  nothing 
more  than  furnish  the  men  of  his  day  an  outstanding  example 
of  unflinching  moral  courage  he  has  rendered  a  worthy  serv- 
ice. This  virtue  has  earned  him  the  respect  even  of  those 
who  disagree  with  him.  He  is  loyal  to  his  friends  and 
devoted  to  his  chosen  profession  and  his  success  has  been 
largely    due    to    his    courage   and    honorable    dealing    with    his 

fellowman. 

*      *      * 

W.  II.  SAWYER 
(Continued  from  Page  307) 
outside  states.  He  is  a  member  of  the  East  St.  Louis  Rotary 
Club,  the  Elks  Club  and  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  as  well 
as  the  St.  Clair  Country  Club  and  the  Missouri  Athletic 
Club.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Engineers  Club  of  New 
York   City. 

Mr.  Sawyer  was  married  May  n,  1898,  to  Georgina  Case. 
They  have  two  sons,  Robert  Thomas  and  Edward  Case 
Sawyer. 


FRANK   L.    REARDEN 

(Continued   from   Page   312) 

Rose  Supply  Company  and  then  for  the  next  three  years 
he  was  in  the  retail  furniture  business.  From  1907  to  1909 
he  was  with  the  New  York  and  St.  Louis  Mining  and  Manu- 
facturing Company. 

Since  1 910  Col.  Rearden  has  been  auditor  of  electric 
utilities  for  the  East  St.  Louis  and  Suburban  Railway  Com- 
pany and  the  East  St.   Louis  Light  and  Power  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  Sigma  Alpha  Epsilon  ;  has  taken  the 
thirty-third  degree  in  the  Scottish  Rite;  belongs  to  the  Shrine 
and  the  Knights  Templar.  Col.  Rearden  also  belongs  to  the 
Military  Order  of  the  World  War  and  the  American  Legion. 
He  is  active  in  the  Lions  Club  and  belongs  to  the  St.  Clair 
Country   Club  and   the   Missouri   Athletic   Association. 

During  the  World  War  he  was  a  major  in  the  124th  Field 
Artillery,  33d  Division,  and  had  one  year  overseas  where 
he  saw  action  in  the  St.  Mihiel  and  Argonne-Meuse  offensives. 
He  received  his  commission  as  lieutenant-colonel  in  the 
Officers  Reserve  Corps  in   1924. 

Col.  Rearden  is  unmarried  and  resides  at  the  Missouri 
Athletic   Club,   St.   Louis. 

*     *     * 

FRED  GIESSING 
(Continued    from    Page    311) 

Mr.  Giessing  has  been  active  in  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, having  served  as  a  director  of  that  body  and  is  a 
member  of  the  East  St.  Louis  Rotary  Club.  He  is  a  past 
president  of  the  Retail  Merchants  Association  and  has  been 
president  of  the  State  Hardware  Dealers  Association.  Mr. 
Giessing  has  an  enviable  church  record  and  is  president  of 
St.  Peter's  Congregation  of  the  Lutheran  Church.  He  served 
twice  as  a  member  of  the  East  St.  Louis  City  Council  and 
has  been  active  in  many  civic  enterprises.  One  of  his  most 
notable  achievements  was  his  reorganization  work  after  the 
race  riots  in  East  St.  Louis. 

Perhaps  his  friends  know  him  best  as  the  genial  head  of 
the  Piney  Hunting  and  Fishing  Club  of  which  he  has  been 
president  for  the  past  twenty-five   years. 

In  June,  1893,  Mr.  Giessing  married  Miss  Anna  Schaub 
and  they  have  two  children,  Marie  Elizabeth  and  Herbert 
Giessing,  who  is  associated  with  his  father  in  the  business. 


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TULLIE  VAN   BOYD.    M.D. 
(Continued    from    Page    309) 

lance  Service  from  July,  1917,  until  April,  1919.  He  was 
commissioned  major  in  the  Medical  Corps,  June  4,  19 18,  and 
served  in  this  capacity  in  action  in  the  American  Ambulance 
Service  with  the  Italian  Army  in  Italy.  He  was  decorated 
by  the  Italian  Army  with  the  Groce  De  Guerre,  November, 
1918.  He  was  also  given  the  rank  of  Cavaliere  in  the  Order 
of  Santi  Maurizio  e  Lazzaro,  by  His  Excellency  the  King 
Yittorio  Emanuele  of  Italy.  He  was  honorably  discharged 
from  the  army  April  25,  1919,  and  now  holds  a  commission 
as    lieutenant-colonel    in    the    Officers'    Reserve    Corps. 

Dr.  Boyd  married  Prudence  Moody,  April  12,  1916,  and 
they  have  one  child,  Clara  Frances.  They  reside  at  1101 
Pennsylvania    Avenue,    East    St.    Louis,    Illinois. 

*  *      * 

THOMAS  L.   FEKETE 
(Continued   from   Page   312) 
1915-1917;  elected  city  attorney,  1917-1919;  elected  representa- 
tive   in     1922    in    the    fifty-third    general    assembly    of    Illinois 
from     the     forty-ninth     senatorial     district    and     in     the     fifty- 
fourth    general    assembly    in    1924. 

Mr.  Fekete  married  in  1909  Grace  Ford,  daughter  of 
Judge  Thomas  E.  Ford  of  Carlyle,  Illinois.  They  have  two 
children,  Thomas  Ford  Fekete,  aged  fifteen,  and  Charlotte 
Eliza    Fekete,   age   eleven   years. 

While  city  attorney  of  East  St.  Louis  during  the  riot  of 
Jtily  2,  191 7,  he  saved  the  lives  of  fifty  or  sixty  colored 
people  and  while  a  representative  in  the  fifty-third  general 
assembly  he  secured  an  appropriation  for  the  purchase  and 
establishment  of  the  Cahokia  Mound  State  Park.  As  chair- 
man of  the  board  of  supervisors,  Mr.  Fekete  built  an  addi- 
tion to  the  court  house  in  Belleville  and  paid  for  same  out 
of   the   current    revenues. 

Mr.  Fekete  has  a  war  record  of  which  he  can  well  be 
proud.  He  was  a  private  in  the  3d  Illinois  Field  Artillery 
(National  Guard),  1917;  captain  3d  Illinois  Field  Artillery, 
1917;  captain  124th  Field  Artillery,  1917-1918;  major,  1919; 
entered  Federal  service  July  25,  191 7;  service  in  France, 
May,  191 8,  to  July,  1919;  discharged  at  Camp  Grant,  August 
7,  1919;  decorated  by  French  Government  as  officier 
d'acadamie,  1919;  participated  in  St.  Mihiel  and  Meuse- 
Argonne    offensives. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  following  clubs  and  societies: 
East  St.  Louis  Lodge,  No.  504,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ;  member 
East  St.  Louis  Chapter,  No.  56,  R.  A.  M. ;  member  St. 
Clair  Council,  No.  61,  R.  &  S.  M. ;  past  commander  of  East 
St.  Louis  Commandery,  No.  81,  K.  T. ;  past  thrice  potent 
master  of  St.  Clair  Lodge  of  Perfection,  A.  A.  S.  R.;  past 
sovereign  prince  of  Cahokia  Council  Princes  of  Jerusalem, 
A.  A.  S.  R. ;  past  most  wise  master  of  John  M.  Pierson 
Chapter  of  Rose  Croix,  A.  A.  S.  R. ;  past  commander-in- 
chief  of  Mississippi  Valley  Consistory,  A.  A.  S.  R.;  Su- 
preme Council,  Northern  Jurisdiction,  A.  A.  S.  R.,  honorary 
thirty-third  degree;  past  potentate  of  Ainad  Temple,  A.  A. 
O.  N.  M.  S. ;  past  commander  124th  Field  Artillery  Post 
No.  316,  American  Legion  ;  past  chef  de  gare  of  Voiture, 
No.  38,  La  Societe  des  40  Hommes  et  8  Chevaux;  member 
National  Sojourners  Club;  member  Military  Order  of  the 
World  War;  member  of  St.  Clair  Country  Club;  member 
Illinois  Realtors  Association;  director  of  the  East  St.  Louis 
Real  Estate  Iixchange;  member  of  East  St.  Louis  Bar  Asso- 
ciation; member  Illinois  State  Bar  Association;  National 
Alumni    Secretary   of    Kappa    Sigma    Fraternity. 

*  *      * 

JOHN   C.    BRADY 

(Continued   from   Page    313) 

of    the    middle    west.      Judge    Brady    belongs    to    the    Knights 

of  Columbus  and   true  to   his  name,   holds  membership   in   the 

Ancient   Order   of  Hibernians. 

He  married  Elizabeth  Fogerty  and  they  were  blessed  with 
five  children,   Charles,  John,   Anna,   Estella  and   Florence. 


JAMES  W.  KIRK 
(Continued  from  Page  312) 
twenty-five  years  on  St.  Louis  and  East  St.  Louis  news- 
papers. Finally,  in  1885,  lie  became  publisher  and  editor 
of  t lie  East  St.  Louis  Gazette.  In  1888  he  established  the 
East  St.  Louis  Daily  Journal  and  published  it  for  thirty 
years,  until  1918,  when  he  disposed  of  it  to  its  present 
publisher.  In  all,  he  was  in  newspaper  service  for  fifty- 
four   years. 

Mr.  Kirk's  activities  in  civic  improvements,  included  his 
efforts  to  raise  the  streets  from  their  once  low  swampy 
condition  to  their  present  height,  safe  from  river  floods. 
He  also  held  many  city  offices,  being  city  auditor  from  [872 
to  1879  and  city  comptroller  from  1887  to  1902.  He  has 
also  been  librarian  of  the  public  library  and  assistant  city 
clerk.  He  was  a  member  of  the  public  library  board  when 
the  present  structure  was  erected.  He  was  a  member  and 
secretary  of  the  St.  Clair  County  Democratic  Committee 
for  many  years. 

In    1886    Mr.    Kirk  was  married   to   Mrs.    Mary   Jane   Godin. 
She    died    in     1923.       Although    they    had    no    children,    their 
large    residence    was    home    to    several    young    folks. 
*     *      * 

WILLIAM    P.    LAUNTZ 

(Continued   from   Page   311) 

called  the  Bee-Hive  on  the  hill  overlooking  the  then  as 
now  beautiful  City  of  Salt  Lake,  and  monarch  of  all  he 
surveyed;  he  was  kindly  received,  well  fed,  and  bedded  in 
the  Temple  without  money  or  price.  The  average  man  there 
and    thereabouts    had    two    or    more    wives. 

Reaching  Idaho,  our  subject  spent  three  years  there,  Placer 
gold  mining,  with  average  success,  with  his  father  who  had 
spent  some  ten  years  in  the  gold  mines;  then  returning  home 
to  Springfield,  Illinois,  and  later  to  Duquoin  and  East  St. 
Louis,  where  he  commenced  the  study  of  law  in  1871,  and 
was  in  September,  1873,  admitted  on  examination  at  Ottawa, 
before  the  Supreme  Court  of  Illinois,  admitted  to  practice 
law  in  the  courts  of  the  state,  and  subsequently  in  the 
United  States  Court. 

In  September,  1871,  our  subject  was  married  to  Miss 
Maggie  E.  Stagg,  daughter  of  Rev.  I.  M.  Stagg,  a  prominent 
minister  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  They  buried 
one  child,  a  son,  and  have  five  children  living.  He  is  well 
related  by  marriage.  Judge  Launtz,  a  life-long  Republican, 
since  Fremont  ran  against  Buchanan  in  1856,  but  running  on 
a  non-partisan  ticket,  was  elected  judge  of  the  City  Court  of 
East  St.  Louis  in  September,  1882,  for  four  years,  during 
which  time  he  faithfully  and  satisfactorily  discharged  the 
duties  of  said  office,  since  which  time  and  now,  he  is  actively 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  law.  He  has  traveled  somewhat 
extensively  in  this  country,  and  in  1907  having  had  legal 
business  in  London,  England,  after  its  conclusion,  he  traveled 
in  European  countries.  He  has  not  remarried  since  the 
death  of  his  wife,  which  occurred  in  East  St.  Louis  on 
December  19,   19 10. 

JOHN   J.   FAULKNER 
(Continued    from    Page    312) 
Company,     publishers     of     school     and     college     text     books. 

In  191 1  he  was  made  comptroller  and  commissioner  of 
public  works  at  East  St.  Louis,  Illinois.  From  191 1  to  1913 
he  was  again  a  traveling  salesman  and  salesmanager  and 
then,  returning  to  East  St.  Louis,  he  became  acting  post- 
master in  June,  1921.  His  appointment  was  confirmed 
November    8,    1921. 

Mr.  Faulkner  has  been  active  in  civic  and  fraternal  affairs 
in  East  St.  Louis  and  belongs  to  a  number  of  organizations, 
including  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  B.  P.  O.  Elks  and  the 
Knights  of  Pythias.  He  was  the  first  exalted  ruler  of  the 
P^ast  St.  Louis  lodge  of  Elks  and  was  from  1912  to  1917 
grand   trustee   of   the   order. 

Mr.  Faulkner  was  married  to  Sarah  Agnes  Abbey,  August 
IS,  1883,  and  they  have  one  son,  Worthe  Wallace  Faulkner, 
who  has  attained  considerable  success  on  the  stage.  'I  lie 
Faulkners   reside   in    East    St.    Louis  at   3102-A   State   Street. 


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'Danville-- And  Eastern  Illinois 

ESIDES  being  the  home  of  "Uncle  Joe"  Cannon,  which  to  the  press  of 
America  has  long  been  one  of  Danville's  greatest  distinctions — and  it  is 
|j  doubtful  if  a  community  has  ever  been  accorded  more  national  prominence 
because  of  the  residence  of  an  individual — Danville  is  a  city  of  many  distinc- 
tions. Principally  known  as  "The  Hub  City,"  right  in  the  heart  of  the 
Great  Middle  West,  it  enjoys  geographical  location  that  offers  many  advantages.  It  is 
124  miles  from  Chicago;  eighty-seven  miles  from  Indianapolis,  and  187  miles  from  St. 
Louis;  and  because  of  the  proximity  of  these  great  markets  is  admirably  situated  for 
manufacturing.  Many  other  things  add  to  its  desirability  as  a  good  place  for  manu- 
facturing plants,  and  these  include  an  unlimited  supply  of  steam  coal,  electric  power 
at  minimum  rates,  three  trunk  line  railroads,  an  abundant  water  supply,  good  financial 
institutions,  a  plentiful  supply  of  male  and  female  labor,  and  a  prevailance  of  Chicago 
freight  rates. 

Principally  Danville  manufactures  brick  (face  and  paving) ,  tile,  automobile  parts, 
hardware,  malleable  and  grey  iron,  mattresses,  overalls,  boilers,  cigars,  dolls,  paper 
boxes,  mill  work,  awnings,  window  glass,  bottles,  confectionery,  bread,  ice-cream,  door 
checks,  plumbing  goods,  motion  pictures,  radiators  and  sheet  metal  work,  creamery  prod- 
ucts, brass  and  aluminum  castings,  zinc,  sulphuric  acid,  monuments,  corn  flour,  furnaces 
and  steam  heating  outfits,  fireworks,  raincoats,  account  books,  advertising  novelties, 
artificial  decorations,  books,  brooms,  bolts,  buggy  parts,  chemicals,  clothing,  cement 
blocks,  concrete  fence  posts,  catalogs,  engines,  drop  forgings,  harness,  ice,  legal  blanks, 
lounges,  novelties,  soft  drinks,  pig  zinc,  rubber  stamps,  signs,  silica  brick,  tanks,  tents, 
Miller  train  controls,  cornice  work,  pillows,  couches,  davenports,  decorations,  builders 
supplies,  and  rugs. 

Other  facts  about  Danville  include  that  it  is  located  on  the  Dixie  Highway;  is  a 
great  creamery  center;  is  the  gateway  to  the  Illinois  Corn  Belt;  is  the  trading  center  for 
175,000  people;  is  the  pioneer  in  the  hard  roads  movement,  having  203  miles  of  road 
paved  in  the  county,  outside  city,  with  either  brick  or  concrete;  has  business  men  with 
the  spirit  of  co-operation  and  progress;  has  newspapers  that  boost  all  good  proposi- 
tions; is  an  important  wholesale  and  jobbing  center;  has  banks  that  are  behind  in- 
dustrial plants;  is  a  city  of  home  owners;  has  fifty-nine  manufacturing  plants;  has  hun- 
dreds of  tourists  daily ;  has  the  largest  face  brick  plant  In  the  country;  has  a  county 
auto  club;  has  a  modern  lighting  system  for  the  business  section;  has  always  co- 
operated with  farmers;  and  has  one  of  the  largest  farm  bureaus  in  the  state. 

Danville  also  has: 

Armory — cost,  $250,000;  Banks — three  National,  two  State,  with  resources  over 
$12,000,000;  Building  &  Loan  Associations — six,  with  capital,  $14,500,000; 
Chamber  of  Commerce — members,  800;  C.  &  E.  I.  Shops;  New  York  Central 
Shops;  Chicago  Freight  Rates;  Children's  Homes — two;  Churches  and  Mis- 
sions— fifty-three;  City  Golf  Course;  Clubs — Elks,  High  Twelve,  Kiwanis, 
Rotary,  Art  Institute,  Roselawn  Golf,  Country  Club,  Automobile  Club,  Danville 
Yacht  Club,  Moore  Club,  Knights  of  Columbus  Club;  Coal  Mines — sixty-three, 
Miners,  3982,  Tons  mined  annually,  3,299,446;  Court  House — cost,  $250,- 
000;  Elks  Club — cost,  $110,000;  Federal  Building — cost,  $325,000;  Fire  Sta- 
tions— six,  Firemen,  forty-two,  Trucks,  nine,  Hydrants,  529;  High  School — 
cost,  $1,250,000;  Hospitals —  two,  beds,  225;  Hotels — six;  Inter-State  Water 
Company;  Illinois  and  Indiana  Fair — six  counties  in  Illinois,  five  counties  in 
Indiana;  Masonic  Temple;  Military  Organizations  (Federal) — two;  Memorial 
Home  for  Aged  Women;  National  Soldiers    Home  —  cost,    $1,440,064,    total 


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membership,  two  to  three  thousand,  annual  appropriations,  $572,500,  yearly 
pensions,  $1,000,000,  monthly  payroll,  $22,000;  Newspapers  ( Daily  and  Sun- 
day)— combined  circulation  over  30,000;  Odd  Fellows  Temple;  Parks  and  Play- 
grounds— five,  ninety-five  acres;  Paved  Streets — thirty-six  miles;  Population — 
40,000;  Post  Office;  Public  Library  (Carnegie); — erected  1903,  cost  $40,000, 
volumes — approximately  40,000;  Retail  Merchants  Association;  Railroads — 
three  Trunk  Lines,  C.  &  E.  I.,  Wabash  and  Big  Four;  Illinois  Traction  Sys- 
tem— Interurban  connections,  Decatur,  Peoria,  St.  Louis,  Springfield;  Schools — 
High,  one,  Elementary,  fifteen,  Parochial,  four,  Private,  two,  Attendance — Ap- 
proximately 8,000;  Sewers — (Sanitary  and  Storm) — miles,  eighty-five;  Street 
Car  Tracks — miles,  sixteen;  Telephone  Companies — one,  number  of  connec- 
tions— 7,200;  Tubercular  Sanitarium — one;  Wholesale  Grocery  Houses — 
three;  Wholesale  Candy  Houses — four;  Wholesale  Commission  Houses — five; 
Y.  M.  C.  A.;  Y.  W.  C.  A. 

Next  to  Danville,  the  most  important  point  in  Eastern  Illinois  is  the  State  Uni- 
versity, just  thirty  miles  west  of  Danville  and  accessible  to  Danville  by  railroad,  trac- 
tion lines  and  hard  surface  motor  roads. 

Illinois  University  has  10,000  students  on  the  campus  and  is  one  of  the  greatest 
educational  institutions  in  the  world.  While  it  seemed  to  have  every  possible  equip- 
ment for  education  in  every  possible  branch,  yet  the  Legislature  of  1925  appropriated 
$10,000,000  for  its  maintenance  and  new  buildings  and  equipments  for  the  next  bien- 
nium. 

University  buildings  are  all  located  in  Urbana,  while  the  fraternity  buildings  and 
student  centers  are  mostly  in  Champaign.  The  two  cities  are  divided  only  by  a  street 
and  a  stranger  must  be  advised  where  one  city  quits  and  the  other  begins. 


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Bowman 

JOSEPH   G.    ("Uncle  Joe")    CANNON 

Joseph  Gurney  Cannon,  Danville's  illustrious  first  citizen,  belovedly  known  to  all  of  the  millions  of 
America  as  "Uncle  Joe"  Cannon,  has  been  a  resident  of  Illinois  since  1858,  and  here,  at  his  home  in  Dan- 
ville, as  the  nation's  eldest  statesman,  he  enjoys  retirement,  contented  and  free  from  the  stress  and  strife 
of  national  life,  and  satisfied  in  a  life  well  lived,  fulfilled  by  a  career  that  seldom  comes  to  man.  "Uncle 
Joe"  and  Danville  are  synonymous.  His  face  known  to  millions,  his  name  heralded  through  news  columns 
during  several  decades  of  the  American  press,  and  his  personality  indelibly  stamped  upon  minds  of  people 
all  over  the  land  as  one  of  the  most  caricatured  men  that  ever  lived,  "Uncle  Joe"  is  more  than  a  national 
personage.  If  fitting  sobriquet  might  be  derived  for  him  he  would  probably  be  called  the  grand  old  man  of 
the  nation,  and  much  of  the  glory  and  honor  that  has  come  to  him  has  been  reflected  upon  Danville.  No 
man  ever  represented  a  community  longer  in  public  life  than  he,  and  wherever  the  name  of  Danville  is 
mentioned  it  may  be  certain  that  thoughts  or  words  of  "Uncle  Joe"  will  arise. 

"Uncle  Joe"  came  to  Illinois  from  Indiana,  where  his  father  had  removed  when  he  was  a  baby.  His 
first  residence  was  in  Tuscola,  Illinois,  and  here  he  first  hung  out  his  shingle  and  first  began  the  practice 
of  law,  in  1858.  In  i860  he  ran  for  state's  attorney  but  was  defeated.  The  next  year,  however,  the  legis- 
lature created  a  new  judicial  district  and  he  ran  again,  and  was  elected,  serving  for  eight  years.  Thus 
began  a  career  in  public  life  that  extended  over  more  than  sixty  years,  and  that  has  known  only  three  de- 
feats at  the  polls,  his  long  service  in   congress  having  been  twice  broken  by  defeats. 

Undoubtedly  "Uncle  Joe's"  greatest  fame  came  while  he  was  speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives 
of  Congress,  from  1903  to  191 1.  Here  he  ruled  during  the  58th,  59th,  60th  and  61st  Congresses  as  no  man 
has  before  or  since,  and  here  also  in  defeat  he  probably  enjoyed  his  greatest  personal  triumph.    This  came 

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WILLIAM  B.  McKINLEY 

William  B.  McKinley,  senior  United  States  senator  from  Illinois,  is  a  native  resident  of  the  state, 
with  Champaign  his  home  the  greater  part  of  his  life.  He  was  born  at  Petersburg,  Illinois,  the  son  of 
the  Reverend  George  and  Hannah  (Finley)  McKinley,  and  in  his  career  has  advanced  by  his  own  ability 
and  energy  from  farmer  boy  to  business  leader  and  traction  line  builder,  congressman  and  United 
States    senator. 

Senator  McKinley's  early  years  were  like  those  of  most  other  small-town  boys  of  the  Civil  War 
era.  At  the  time  of  his  birth  his  father  was  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  at  Petersburg  and 
his  home  was  one  of  a  fine  Christian  environment.  While  still  a  youngster  the  family  moved  to  Cham- 
paign and  the  city  has  been  his  home  continuously  since.  As  a  boy  he  attended  the  public  schools  and 
later  spent  two  years  at  the  University  of  Illinois.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  went  to  work  in  a  drug 
store,  and  later  entered  the  firm  of  his  uncle,  J.  B.  McKinley,  doing  a  farm  mortgage  brokerage  busi- 
ness, in  which  he  subsequently  became  partner,  the  business  later  passing  into  his  hands  entirely.  In 
1885  he  expanded  his  interests  to  include  the  public  utility  field,  building  a  modern  water  works  sys- 
tem to  provide  Champaign  and  Urbana  with  water  supply,  an  achievement  which  he  still  regards  with 
pride. 

Transportation,  however,  beckoned  and  in  1890  he  bought  the  old  horse  line  between  Champaign  and 
Urbana,  which  he  electrified  in  1890-91.  To  this  he  added  other  lines  and  from  these  has  developed  the 
present  vast  system  of  electric  railways  known  in  Illinois  as  the  McKinley  Lines,  one  of  the  finest  sys- 
tems of  electric  railways  in  the  world,  and  lines  that  have  immeasurably  promoted  the  industrial  de- 
velopment of   the   State   of    Illinois. 

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HARVEY  JAMES  SCONCE 

One  of  the  foremost  figures  in  American  farm  life,  Harvey  James  Sconce  occupies  a  distinguished 
place  in  the  affairs  of  Illinois,  and  of  the  nation.  Principally  he  is  the  owner  and  operator  of  the  famed 
Fairyiew  Farm  of  2,500  acres  at  Sidell,  Illinois,  but  his  influence  and  his  exertions  extend  far  beyond  this. 
He  is  also  president  and  operator  of  2,000  acres  of  land  in  the  Sutter  Basin,  near  Sacramento,  California; 
a  director  of  Armour  &  Company,  Chicago;  director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Sidell;  the  first  presi- 
dent of  the  Illinois  Agricultural  Association;  author  and  writer  of  note  on  farm  subjects;  the  originator 
of  several  scientific  corn  strains,  and  an  active  leader  in  several  national  and  international  movements  for 
public  good. 

Included  in  work  in  the  latter  directions  he  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  first  executive  committee  of 
the  American  Farm  Bureau  Federation  (1920),  when  first  organized;  as  a  member  of  the  transportation, 
tariff,  and  finance  committees  of  the  United  States  and  the  International  Chambers  of  Commerce  ( 1921- 
1925)  ;  and  as  American  Representative,  International  Institute  of  Agriculture,  Rome,  1920.  With  the 
Illinois  Agricultural  Association  he  served  as  the  body's  first  president,  in  1919.  He  also  notably  belongs 
to  the  American  Genetic  Society,  the  International  Congress  of  Eugenics,  the  Illinois  Corn  Breeders  Asso- 
ciation, and  the  Luther  Burbank  Society  of  Plant  Breeders. 

Mr.  Sconce,  moreover,  holds  credit  for  much  patriotic  service  during  the  World  War,  having  served  as 
chairman  of  the  Agricultural  War  Board  of  Illinois,  as  Food  Administrator  of  Vermilion  County  (1917), 
and  as  a  member  of  the  District  Exemption  Board,  No.  2,  Eastern  Illinois.  His  writings  on  farm  subjects 
include,  "Romance  of  Everifarm,"  1922,  and  "To  Market,"  1925.  In  the  operation  of  his  California  lands 
Mr.  Sconce  has  his  holdings  in  two  companies,  the  Sutter  Farms  Company  and  the  Winter  Garden  Farms 

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MILTON  JOHN  WOLFORD 

Milton  John  Wolford  has  long  held  a  distinguished  place  in  the  affairs  of  Danville.  One  of  the  found- 
ers of  the  Palmer  National  Bank  of  Danville,  and  its  president  since  1902,  he  has  been  a  foremost  figure 
in  finance  in  the  city  for  many  years,  and  through  wise  benevolence,  hearty  interest  and  generous  support 
of   community  undertakings,  a  leading  citizen   in   all    the  word  implies. 

Mr.  Wolford  has  been  a  resident  of  Illinois  since  1866,  and  of  Danville  since  1875,  a"d  his  business 
career  has  been  devoted  almost  entirely  to  banking  and  finance.  Born  in  Butler  County,  Pennsylvania, 
April  6,  1844,  the  son  of  Jacob  and  Lavina  (Adams)  Wolford,  both  of  long  established  early  American 
ancestry,  of  Swiss  descent,  Mr.  Wolford  located  in  Illinois  following  the  Civil  War.  During  the  war  he 
served  with  distinction,  entering  as  a  private  and  emerging  as  an  officer,  serving  as  member  Company  F, 
134th  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  from  August,  1862,  to  May,  1863,  as  sergeant,  Pennsylvania  Heavy 
Artillery  in  1864,  and  as  second  lieutenant,  Battery  A,  6th  Pennsylvania  Heavy  Artillery,  with  honorable 
discharge   coming  June   13,   1865,   at   Fort   Ethan   Allen,  Virginia. 

Mr.  Wolford  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  county  in  Pennsylvania,  Westminster 
College,  which  he  left  in  his  junior  year,  and  the  Iron  City  Business  College  of  Pittsburg,  where  he  was 
graduated  in  1864.  On  locating  in  Illinois  he  taught  school  for  two  terms  in  Areola,  Douglas  County,  and 
from  this  entered  the  business  of  banking  as  cashier  of  the  Cannon  &  Weyth  Bank.  Later  he  was 
associated  with  a  brother-in-law,  J.  C.  Justice,  in  the  banking  business,  and  also  worked  for  a  time  with 
the  Vermilion  County  Bank.  From  this  he  entered  the  service  of  L.  T.  and  J.  C.  Palmer,  and  with  them 
organized  the  Palmer  National  Bank  in  May,  1892,  with  C.  J.  Palmer  as  president,  and  Mr.  Wolford  as 
its  first  cashier.     He  was  elected  president  of  the  bank  in    1902  and  has   remained   in  that   capacity  contin- 

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HOWARD  A. 

Howard  A.  Swallow,  member  of  the  law  firm  of  S 
in  the  legal  and  business  affairs  of  his  state  and  com 
dent  of  the  city  all  of  his  life.  In  his  law  practice  h 
tion  counsel  (1911-191=;),  and  as  master  in  chancery, 
principally  has  numerous  important  interests  in  the  c 
United  Electric  Coal  Companies,  and  a  director  of  t 
Coal  Company  of  Chicago.  He  is  also  a  director  of  t 
Indiana  Gravel  Company,  and  the  F.   S.  Martin  Com 

Mr.  Swallow  was  born  in  Danville,  August  18,  1 
Swallow.  He  is  a  graduate  of  Keystone  Academy,  Fa 
Providence.  Rhode  Island  (A.B.,  1900),  and  Columb 
(LL.B.,   1902). 

In  club  and  fraternal  affiliations  he  is  a  member  o 
York,  Union  League  Club  of  Chicago,  the  Masonic  L 
of  which  he  was  formerly  chief  justice  of  the  Grand 
men. 

He  was  married.  May  29,  1905,  at  Providence,  R 
two  children,  Richard  Hamilton   Swallow  and  Barbar 

Residence:     133  Ramond  Avenue.     Business  addr 


Phipps 

.  SWALLOW 

wallow  &  Bookwalter  of  Danville,  and  a  leading  figure 
munity,  is  a  native  of  Danville  and  has  been  a  resi- 
e  has  notably  served  the  City  of  Danville  as  corpora- 
Vermilion  County  (1915-1921),  while  in  business  he 
oal  industry.  In  the  latter  he  is  president  of  the 
he  Yankee  Branch  Coal  Company,  and  the  Electric 
he  Danville  Building  &  Loan  Association,  Western 
pany  of  Omaha. 

878,  the  son  of  Charles  M.  and  Clara  (Northup) 
ctoryville,  Pennsylvania  (1896),  Brown  University, 
ian     University,     Washington,     District    of     Columbia 

f  the  Sigma  Chi  Fraternity,  the  Brown  Club  of  New 
odge,  including  Ansar  Temple  of  the  Shrine,  the  Elks, 
Forum,  Knights  of  Pythias,  Moose  and  Modern  Wood- 

hode    Island,   to   Grace    Margaret    Hamilton,    and    has 

a  Northup  Swallow. 

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JOHN  H.  HARRISON 

John  Higgins  Harrison,  editor  and  principal  owner  of  The  Danville  Commercial-News,  holds  a  distin- 
guished place  in  Illinois  journalism.  The  Danville  Commercial-News  has  long  been  regarded  as  one  of  the 
foremost  newspapers  in  Illinois.  That  it  holds  this  position  has  been  largely  due  to  the  fine  editorial  direc- 
tion given  it  by  him.  Mr.  Harrison  is,  moreover,  a  leading  figure  in  the  civic  and  community  life  of  Dan- 
ville, and  for  years  has  been  also  an  active  leader  in    Republican   politics   in   Illinois. 

The  son  of  a  newspaper  man,  and  trained  in  the  best  traditions  of  the  craft  by  him,  Mr.  Harrison  has 
been  engaged  in  newspaper  work  since  early  manhood,  and  in  it  has  worked  in  almost  every  capacity.  He 
has  been  printer,  reporter  and  editor,  and  of  him  it  may  be  rightfully  said  that  he  is  a  born  and  bred  news- 
paper man. 

Mr.  Harrison  was  born  in  Lebanon,  Indiana,  November  30,  1867,  the  son  of  Thomas  H.  and  Minta 
(Higgins)  Harrison.  He  received  his  education  in  the  common  schools  and  high  school  of  Lebanon,  busi- 
ness college  in  Indianapolis,  and  DePauw  University,  at  Greencastle,  Indiana,  and  during  early  years  worked 
as  a  printer  and  reporter  on  the  Lebanon  Pioneer,  owned  by  his  father.  In  1888  he  became  a  reporter  on 
the  Indianapolis  Sentinel,  and  in  1889  he  became  city  editor  of  the  Michigan  City  Dispatch,  owned  by  his 
father  at  Michigan  City,  Indiana,  where  he  remained  until   1891. 

From  1890  to  1894  he  was  employed  on  Chicago  newspapers,  serving  in  various  capacities,  and  acting  as 
press  agent  of  the  Chicago  race  tracks  during  the  summers  of  these  years  as  well.  During  the  years  of 
1895  and  1896  he  served  as  press  agent  for  one  of  the  big  circuses  of  the  country.  He  was  later  publicity 
man  for  a  theatrical  syndicate  in  Ohio  and  Indiana,  with  headquarters  in  Indianapolis.  From  this  he  came 
to  Danville  in  1897,  where  he  acquired  a  half  interest  in  the  Evening  Commercial,  which  was  consolidated 

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WILLIAM  J.  PARRETT 

William  J.  Parrett,  business  manager,  and  owner  with  John  H.  Harrison,  of  The  Danville  Commercial- 
News,  is  a  native  son  of  Illinois.  He  was  born  in  Ottawa,  Illinois,  in  1873,  the  son  of  John  and  Emily 
(DeBolt)  Parrett,  and  has  been  engaged  in  newsoaper  work  since  1889.  His  residence  in  Danville  has 
been  since  1898,  and  in  his  connection  as  business  manager  and  co-owner  of  The  Commercial-News  has 
achieved  reputation  as  one  of  the  most  able  newspaper  executives  in  America.  With  Mr.  Harrison,  he  has 
built  The  Commercial-News  from  a  newspaper  with  a  circulation  of  800  to  a  newspaper  with  23,000  cir- 
culation, the  largest  circulation  of  any  newspaper  in  the  United  States  in  a  city  the  size  of  Danville,  and 
otherwise  given  a  leadership  that  has  placed  it   in  the  foremost  ranks  of  Illinois  newspapers. 

Mr.  Parrett,  moreover,  is  the  originator  of  the  Dollar  Day  Sales,  known  to  newspaper  readers  through- 
out America,  and  for  this  innovation  in  merchandising  through  the  printed  word  has  long  enjoyed  outstand- 
ing reputation.  As  first  conceived,  Mr.  Parrett  furnished  plans  for  Dollar  Day  to  212  different  newspapers 
in  the  United  States,  for  what  is  still  believed  to  be  a  record  for  the  sale  of  a  single  selling  plan.  He 
has  also  served  notably  as  a  member  of  the  Wilson  Peace  Party,  attending  the  Versailles  Conference  in 
1919;  as  a  dollar-a-year  man,  with  the  United  States  Labor  Department,  during  the  World  War;  and 
also  in  various  civic  and  community  capacities.  In  the  latter  he  includes  eight  years  of  service  as  election 
commissioner  of  Danville  and  six  years  as  city  collector. 

The  Commercial-News  has  always  followed  a  straightforward,  aggressive  editorial  policy  for  the  im- 
provement and  betterment  of  Danville,  and  through  it  and  its  exertions  the  influence  of  Mr.  Parrett  and 
Mr.  Harrison  has  been  felt  in  many  directions  and  brought  many  public  improvements  and  much  public 
good  to   Danville.     However,  Mr.   Parrett   has  also  personally  sponsored  many  movements  for  public  good 

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DAVID  WILLIAM  STEVICK 

David  William  Stevick,  editor  and  publisher  of  The  Champaign  News-Gazette  and  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  was  born  in  Hutchinson,  Kansas,  on  February  7,  1887.  His  father,  William  Henry  Stevick, 
and  his  mother,  Jennie  (Getter)  Stevick  were  both  natives  of  Cumberland  County,  Pennsylvania,  and 
shortly  after  their  marriage  moved  to  Kansas,  where  he  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business,  later  going 
to   Bloomington,    Illinois,   when   their   son   was   a   small  boy. 

David  Stevick  at  the  age  of  thirteen  gave  up  his  school  work  to  become  a  driver  of  a  delivery  wagon. 
After  two  years  as  a  driver  and  clerk  in  a  grocery  store,  he  became  office  boy  and  collector  for  the  Bloom- 
ington   (Illinois)    Bulletin,    thus    starting   a    remarkable  newspaper  career. 

From  1903-1912  Mr.  Stevick  by  his  energy  and  ability  earned  promotion  after  promotion  in  the  busi- 
ness office  of  The  Bulletin  and  in  the  latter  year  became  advertising  manager.  Three  years  later,  he 
resigned  this  position  and  with  E.  R.  Mickelberry,  also  of  Bloomington,  purchased  The  Champaign  Daily 
News,  taking  charge  on  September  1,  1915.  In  December  of  the  same  year,  he  purchased  his  partner's 
interest   in   The    News   and   has   been   sole    owner    since  that  time. 

It  was  only  natural  that  the  youthful  owner — he  was  only  twenty-eight  years  old  then — should  be 
ambitious  to  establish  a  completely  modern  newspaper  plant  and  that  is  what  Mr.  Stevick  proceeded  to 
do. 

After  installing  a  great  amount  of  new  equipment  and  adding  the  full  wire  news  report  of  the  Asso- 
ciated Press — the  first  telegraph  news  service  in  the  county — Mr.  Stevick  inaugurated  a  vigorous  and  ef- 
fective campaign  against  the  illicit  liquor  business  and  the  dives  in  which  this  business  thrived.  Through 
his  efforts,  Champaign  adopted  the  commission  form  of  government  instead  of  the  aldermanic  system.    His 

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Bretzman 

H.   C.   HORNEMAN 

Herman  Carl  Horneman,  president  of  the  Sugar  Creek  Creamery  Company,  with  principal  offices  in 
Danville,  Illinois,  is  a  native  of  Kansas.  He  was  born  in  Harlan,  Kansas,  May  13,  1884,  the  son  of 
Charles  and  Caroline  Horneman,  and  attended  grade  and  high  schools  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  He  is  a 
graduate  of  agriculture,  Iowa  State  College,  Ames,  Iowa,  class  of  1908,  and  holds  degree  of  B.S.A.  and 
M.A.,  the  latter  being  honorary,  awarded  in   1920. 

Mr.  Horneman,  after  leaving  college,  was  first  engaged  for  about  a  year  in  dairy  extension  work  with 
the  Iowa  Experiment  Station.  After  this  he  went  into  the  employ  of  the  Blue  Valley  Creamery  Company 
as  a  department  head.  In  1910  he  started  in  the  creamery  business  for  himself  under  the  name  of  the 
Watseka  Creamery  Company,  the  business  later  being  expanded  and  the  name  of  the  concern  being 
changed  to  Sugar  Creek  Creamery,  under  which  it  is  now  operated,  with  plants  at  Danville,  Illinois;  Pana, 
Illinois;  Louisville,  Kentucky;  St.  Louis,  Missouri;  Indianapolis,  Indiana;  Marshfield,  Missouri,  and  Wat- 
seka, Illinois,  and  sales  branches  at  Jacksonville,  Florida,  and  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania. 

Mr.  Horneman,  moreover,  is  president  of  the  American  Association  of  Creamery  Butter  Manufac- 
turers, members  of  which  produce  over  one-half  of  all  the  creamery  butter  manufactured  in  the 
United  States,  and  chairman  of  the  Butter  Unit  of  the  National  Dairy  Council.  He  is  also  president  of 
the  Board  of  Education,  of  the  Consolidated  School  District,  No.  118,  City  of  Danville,  under  election  in 
April,  1924,  and  further  holds  record  of  having  served  as  a  member  of  the  Perishable  Food  Division  of 
the  United  States  Department,  handling  regulatory  measures  for  the  manufacturing  division  of  the  dairy 
industry  during  the  World  War.  He  has  always  been  deeply  interested  in  agricultural  progress  and  since 
1913  has  been  engaged  extensively  in  the  breeding  of  dairy  live  stock,  and  in  general  extension  and  dairy 

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RUSSEL  CURTIS  ROTTGER 

Vice-president,  in  charge  of  operations,  of  the  Vermilion  County  Telephone  Company  of  Danville; 
former  president  of  the  Danville  Rotary  Club,  twice  commander  of  Athlestan  Commandery,  Knights  Tem- 
plar, a  director  of  the  Illinois  State  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  a  captain  in  the  Illinois  National  Guard, 
Russel  Curtis  Rottger  holds  place  of  pronounced  leadership  in  civic,  commercial,  and  social  Danville.  He 
has  been  vice-president  and  the  directing  force  of  the  Vermillion  County  Telephone  Company  since  ioi8, 
with  elevation  to  this  place  having  come  from  post  as  treasurer  and  general  manager. 

Mr.  Rottger  is  a  native  of  Jacksonville,  Illinois,  having  been  born  in  that  city.  May  16,  1891,  the  son 
of  Curtis  H.  and  Jessie  Rottger,  and  has  been  engaged  in  the  telephone  business  during  his  entire  business 
career.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Springfield  High  School  and  the  University  of  Illinois  (A.B.,  1913).  and 
first  began  work  in  the  Bell  Telephone  Service  in  19 13  as  clerk  to  the  commercial  superintendent  of  the 
Central  Union  Telephone  Company.  From  this,  in  19 14,  he  was  promoted  to  be  state  cashier  for  Illinois 
for  the  same  company,  and  in  1915  was  made  chief  clerk  to  the  general  manager,  with  headquarters  at 
Springfield.  In  1916  he  was  elected  treasurer  and  general  manager  of  the  Vermilion  County  Telephone 
Company,  which  has  led  to  his  present  office. 

In  club  and  fraternal  affiliations,  Mr.  Rottger  belongs  to  the  Rotary  Club  of  Danville,  the  various 
Masonic  bodies,  including  the  Knights  Templar  and  the  Scottish  Rite  (32d  degree),  the  Elks,  Danville 
Country  Club,  Roselawn  Golf  Club  and  the  Hamilton  Club  of  Chicago.  In  his  military  affiliation  he  is 
captain  of  Company  "A,"  130th  Infantry,  Illinois  National  Guard,  33d  Division,  under  which  he  holds  com- 
mission as  Captain,  Reserve  Officers  Corps,  U.  S.  Army.  He  was  commander  of  Athelstan  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar,  1921  and  1922. 

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WILLIAM   BROOKS   MURRAY 

Mechanical  engineer  and  inventor  of  national  and  international  prominence,  and  a  leading  figure  in 
various  civic  and  community  activities  in  Danville  for  the  past  several  years,  William  Brooks  Murray 
holds  a  high  place  among  the  men  of  Illinois.  He  is  notably  the  inventor  and  patentee  of  the  present 
type  of  Miller  Train  Control,  in  use  on  the  Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois  Railroad,  as  well  as  of  numerous 
other  patents;  a  past  vice-president  and  director  of  the  Danville  Chamber  of  Commerce,  past  president  of 
the  National  Association  of  Steam  Engineers,  and  vice-president  of  the  National  Railway  Appliance  Asso- 
ciation. 

Mr.  Murray  has  been  a  resident  of  Danville  since  1914  and  during  this  time  has  devoted  himself  in 
business  to  the  Miller  Train  Control  System.  Previous  to  this  he  was  engaged  in  engineering  and  contract- 
ing work,  chiefly  in  Washington,  District  of  Columbia.  In  Danville  he  has  notably  included  service  as 
chairman  of  Red  Cross  and  other  war  work  drives,  during  the  World  War;  as  one  of  the  leaders  in  organ- 
izing the  Danville  Chamber  of  Commerce,  which  he  later  served  as  vice-president,  acting  president  and  as 
director;  and  as  chairman  of  Chamber  of  Commerce  Committee  on  School  Consolidation,  which  effected 
consolidation  of  Danville's  four  separate  school  bodies  and  brought  about  erection  of  the  city's  new  $1,250.- 
000  high  school,  a  work  in  which  he  had  the  association  and  help  of  Walter  C  Lindley,  present  judge  of  the 
Federal  court  at  Danville. 

Mr.  Murray  was  born  in  Dunkirk,  New  York,  August  5,  1875,  the  son  of  Eugene  and  Addie  (Brooks) 
Murray,  and  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  New  York  City,  and  in  special  study  in  en- 
gineering in  Portland,  Oregon,  and  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  He  began  work  as  a  railroad  fireman  in 
1893,  and  became  an  engineer  in   1895.     From  this  he  became  engaged  in   stationary  engineering  with  the 

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Bo  wmaai 

JOHN  W.  DALE 

Distinguished  Civil  War  veteran,  and  a  foremost  figure  in  the  business,  civic  and  social  life  of  his  com- 
munity for  more  than  fifty  years,  John  W.  Dale  holds  place  as  one  of  Danville's  oldest  and  best  beloved 
citizens.  He  has  been  a  resident  of  Danville  since  1869  and  during  this  time  has  contributed  much  to  its 
building,  progress,  and  prosperity.  Early  in  his  business  career  he  spent  thirteen  years  as  county  clerk  of 
Vermilion  County  and  through  this  greatly  aided  the  organization  of  the  county  in  its  early  development, 
while  later,  he  and  associates  built  and  developed  much  of  the  city  that  is  now  known  as  Vermilion 
Heights.  He  has  also  built  considerable  business  property,  principally  the  Dale  Building,  and  otherwise 
engaged    in   business   that   has   advanced    Danville. 

Mr.  Dale  was  born  in  South  Charleston,  Clarke  County,  Ohio,  January  15,  1842,  the  son  of  John  J.  and 
Elizabeth  (Davisson)  Dale,  and  through  this  parentage  is  a  direct  descendant  of  early  American  and 
Revolutionary  War  ancestry.  His  own  father,  born  in  Maryland  in  1809,  and  later  a  resident  of  Ohio  and 
Indiana,  was  a  pioneer  settler  of  Vermilion  County  and  for  many  years  one  of  its  outstanding  citizens. 

As  a  youth  Mr.  Dale  attended  school  in  Ohio,  Indiana  and  Illinois,  obtaining  a  public  school  and 
academic  education,  and  numbers  among  his  instructors  the  famed  historian,  John  C.  Ridpath.  At  the 
outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he  enlisted  with  Company  B,  25th  Regiment  of  Infantry,  Illinois  Volunteers,  on 
June  1,  1861,  and  took  part  in  all  of  the  battles  participated  in  by  the  regiment,  up  to  and  including  the 
Battle  of  Chickamauga,  where  he  received  wounds  that  necessitated  the  amputation  of  his  left  arm.  A 
brother,  Daniel  Dale,  was  a  member  of  the  same  regiment  and  was  killed  in  action  in  the  battle  of  Stone 
River. 

Following  military  service  Mr.  Dale  was  elected  county  clerk  of  Vermilion  County  and  served  three  terms 

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WILLIAM   FRANKLIN'  BAUM 

In  business  in  Danville  for  more  than  fifty  years  is  one  of  the  distinctions  of  William  Franklin  Baum. 
Others  include  that  he  has  been  a  leading  figure  in  the  commercial  and  civic  life  of  his  community  since 
early  manhood  and  that  he  has  been  one  of  the  principal  builders  of  Danville  business  property,  having  built 
and  being  the  owner  of  the  Baum  Building  on  Vermilion  Street  and  the  Baum  Block  on  East  Main  Street, 
and  being  the  owner  of  the  business  block  at  20  and  22  West  Main  Street. 

Mr.  Baum  became  a  resident  of  Danville  in  1874  and  during  the  greater  part  of  his  career  has  been 
engaged  in  the  drug  business.  He  opened  a  store  on  coming  to  Danville  in  1874  and  conducted  it  con- 
tinuously until  1920,  when  he  disposed  of  it  to  T.  A.  Gulick.  Since  leaving  this  business  he  has  devoted 
himself  principally  to  looking  after  his  business  property  and  to  service  as  a  member  of  the  Vermilion 
County  Board  of  Supervisors,  an  office  which  he  has  held  since  1916,  and  in  which  he  has  term  to  run 
until  1927. 

Born  in  Covington,  Indiana,  February  5,  1848,  the  son  of  Abner  and  Louisa  (Hull)  Baum,  Mr.  Baum 
has  been  a  resident  of  Danville  and  vicinity  practically  all  of  his  life.  For  a  few  years  during  his 
boyhood  he  lived  with  his  parents  on  a  farm  in  Iowa  but  with  the  exception  of  those  years  has  lived  in 
the  vicinity  of  Covington  and  Danville.  He  received  his  education  in  the  country  schools  of  Indiana  and 
Iowa,  and  in  the  Baptist  College  at  Ladago,  Indiana.  After  his  schooling  he  spent  a  year  in  teaching  but 
aspiring  to  learn  the  drug  business  he  entered  the  employ  of  a  store  in  Covington  in  1870.  His  interest 
and  aptitude  for  the  business  soon  led  to  promotion  as  manager  of  a  branch  store  at  Marshfield,  Indiana, 
and  from  this  he  entered  business  in  Danville.  At  the  time  of  his  locating  in  Danville  there  were  four 
other  drug  stores  and  many  felt  that  there  was  not  room   for   a  fifth.     However,   Mr.   Baum   succeeded   in 

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JOHN  W.  WEBSTER 
By  Rev.  Henry  Hitt  Crane,  D.D.,  Maiden,  Mass. 

John  Wesley  Webster  was  born  October  8,  1874,  m  Springfield,  Illinois,  son  of  William  H.  Webster  and 
Augusta  Robinson  Webster.  He  avails  himself  of  the  position  of  secretary  of  the  Fidelity  Investment 
and  Building  Association  and  manager  of  the  Webster-Heskett  Insurance  Agency  of  Danville,  Illinois, 
and  an  extensive  farmer,  to  aid  him  in  his  chief  occupation,  which  is  that  of  "going  about  doing  good." 

Biography  is  better  than  autobiography.  It  is  more  truthful  and  interesting.  Someone  else  can  say 
things  about  one  which  one  dare  not  say  about  oneself — at  least  if  the  truth  to  be  uttered  is  complimentary. 
And  the  truth  about  John  Webster  is  that.  A  true  statement  of  the  life  of  him,  as  of  many  men,  can  not 
be  made  in  terms  of  statistics,  though  they  may  be  interesting  enough.  To  know  the  man  you  must  sense 
his  spirit,  has  enthusiasm,  and  his  high  capacity  for  intense  living. 

Graduating  from  Danville  High  School  in  1894,  and  from  De  Pauw  University  with  the  degree  of 
bachelor  of  science  in  1898,  a  member  of  the  Phi  Kappa  Psi  Fraternity  and  specialized  at  Harvard  Uni- 
versity Law  School  in  1900,  and  being  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Illinois  in  1901,  he  gained  an  intellectual  back- 
ground and  practical  philosophy  of  life  that  equipped  him  for  a  good  start  in  the  achievement  of  the  high 
task  of  good  citizenship.  Marrying  Esther  Baum  on  April  15,  1900,  at  Danville,  Illinois,  and  being  blessed 
with  a  beautiful  daughter,  Elizabeth,  he  thus  acquired  the  necessary  inspiration  to  make  him  succeed  in 
that  art. 

Definitely  tying  himself  up  with  various  business  and  philanthropic  organizations,  such  as  the  presidency 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Danville  Young  Women's  Christian  Association  and  of  the  Lakeview  Hospital 
of  Danville  and  of  the  Salvation  Army  Board,  and  also  as  a  member  of  the  Illinois  State  Board  of  the  Anti- 

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Walter  C.  Lindley 


WALTER  C.  LINDLEY 
Judge  Walter  C.  Lindley,  judge  of  the  United 
States  District  Court  at  Danville,  is  a  native  of 
Illinois  and  has  been  a  resident  of  the  state  all  of  his 
life.  He  has  been  judge  of  the  United  States  District 
Court  at  Danville  since  September  21,  1922,  and 
previous  to  this  was  engaged  in  practice  in  the  city 
as  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Lindley,  Pen  well  & 
Lindley,  during  which  time  he  notably  held  posts  as 
member  of  the  Vermilion  County  Board  of  Super- 
visors, two  years,  1915-1916;  as  member  of  the  Dan- 
ville School  Board,  1917-1918;  and  as  master  of 
chancery,  United  States  District  Court,  1913-1918. 
Also  while  in  practice  he  included  service  as  secre- 
tary and  treasurer  of  the  Republican  County  Central 
Committee ;  as  director  of  the  Danville  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  and  the  Danville  Country  Club,  of  which 
he  was  also  president,  1913-1914;  as  president,  College 
Club,  1919-1920;  and  as  a  member  of  executive  com- 
mittee of  the  University  of  Illinois  Alumni  Asso- 
ciation, 1914-1915,  as  well  as  of  various  committees 
of  the  Illinois  Bar  Association.  He  has  also  pre- 
pared various  papers  on  legal  subjects  for  the  Illinois 
and  American  Bar  Associations,  and  during  the 
World  War  served  on  the  legal  advisory  board,  and 
as  a  "four-minute-speaker,"  making  a  total  of  204 
addresses  in  behalf  of  war  work  activities. 

Judge   Lindley   was   born   at   Neoga,   Illinois,   July 

12,   1880,  the  son  of  Alfred  W.   and  Irene    (Carey) 

Lindley,     and     received     his     education     in     country 

schools,  Neoga  High  School,  and  the  University  of 

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LAWRENCE  T.  ALLEN 
Lawrence  Thompson  Allen,  former  county  judge 
of  Vermilion  County  and  prominent  in  the  practice  of 
law  in  Danville,  is  a  native  of  Illinois.  He  was  born 
in  Hoopeston,  Illinois,  October  24,  1882,  the  son  of 
Charles  A.  and  Mary  (Thompson)  Allen,  and  has 
been  a  resident  of  Danville  and  engaged  in  practice 
in  the  city  since  1906.  His  father  was  also  an 
attorney  and  was  for  twenty-four  years  a  member 
of  the  Illinois  State  Legislature. 

Mr.  Allen  received  his  early  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  Greer  College  at  Hoopeston,  and 
studied  law  at  the  University  of  Chicago,  and  at 
the  University  of  Illinois  where  he  was  graduated 
with  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1905.  At  the  latter  school 
he  was  a  member  of  the  varsity  football  team  in 
1904  and  was  also  a  member  of  the  university  band 
and  glee  club.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of 
Illinois  in  1905  and  entered  practice  in  January,  1906. 
He  served  as  county  judge  of  Vermilion  County  from 
1910  to  1918  and  in  addition  to  present  general  prac- 
tice has  held  the  post  of  assistant  United  States  dis- 
trict attorney  for  the  Eastern  District  of  Illinois  since 
1922.  He  is,  moreover,  a  member  of  the  Illinois 
Republican  State  Central  Committee,  representing  the 
18th  Congressional  District,  and  notably  in  1924, 
under  the  appointment  by  the  United  States  attorney 
general's  office,  served  as  special  government  prose- 
cutor in  full  charge  of  the  Federal  prosecution  of  the 
noted  Williamson   County  liquor  cases. 

Mr.  Allen  is  a  member  of  the  Sigma  Chi  and  Phi 
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Michael  E.  King 


Moffett 


MICHAEL  E.  KING 

A  resident  of  Danville  since  1861,  and  a  leading 
figure  in  business  and  finance  since  early  manhood, 
Michael  E.  King  has  long  held  an  outstanding  posi- 
tion in  Danville's  citizenry.  Following  a  career  of 
wide  business  activity  Mr.  King  has  devoted  much 
of  his  interest  during  later  years  to  the  Second  Na- 
tional Bank,  of  Danville,  of  which  he  became  president 
in  1902  and  now  serves  as  chairman  of  its  board  of 
directors. 

The  present  high  place  which  Mr.  King  has  en- 
joyed for  years,  has  come  to  him  from  a  boyhood 
and  early  manhood  that  was  devoid  of  advantages. 
He  started  to  work  as  a  boy,  at  the  age  of  eight,  in 
a  grocery  store,  and  in  the  early  period  of  his  life 
further  worked  in  coal  mines,  and  as  a  freight 
handler  with  the  Wabash  Railroad.  From  the  latter 
work  he  entered  the  employ  of  a  wholesale  grocery 
firm,  and  after  two  years  of  this  started  in  the 
grocery  business  for  himself,  launching  a  business 
career  that  has  been  filled  with  ever  increasing  suc- 
cess. 

Mr.  King  was  born  in  Dubuque,  Iowa,  September 
24,  1857,  the  son  of  Austin  and  Ellen  King.  He 
was  married  in  1889  to  Catherine  Cavanaugh,  and 
has  one  son,  Austin  King.  In  club  and  fraternal 
affiliations  he  is  a  member  of  the  Elks  and  the 
Knights  of  Columbus.  He  resides  at  309  North 
Street,   West,   Danville. 


JOHN  G.  HARTSHORN 
John  G.  Hartshorn  has  long  played  an  active  and 
important  part  in  the  affairs  of  Danville,  and  to  him 
and  to  his  exertions  may  be  credited  much  of  the 
fine  civic  progress  that  the  city  has  attained.  He  is 
present  president  of  the  Danville  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, and  further  holds  distinction  of  having  served 
as  president  of  the  Board  of  Education  during  the 
building  of  the  new  high  school  and  the  Cannon 
grade  school  in  Danville.  His  business  activities 
are  principally  confined  to  coal  mine  operation,  and 
to  real  estate,  in  both  of  which  he  occupies  place 
of  pronounced  leadership.  He  is  vice-president  of 
the  Black  Servant  Coal  Company,  with  mine  at  Elk- 
ville,  Illinois,  and  main  offices  in  Danville ;  president 
of  the  Danville  Benefit  &  Building  Association ;  and 
vice-president  of  the  Illinois  and  Indiana  Fair  Asso- 
ciation, which  holds  the  yearly  fairs  in  Danville.  In 
his  real  estate  activities  he  owns  with  W.  G.  Harts- 
horn the  subdivision  of  Woodlawn  consisting  of 
107  lots  on  North  Vermilion  Street,  where  one  of 
the  city's  most  attractive  and  desirable  residential 
sections  is  being  developed. 

Mr.  Hartshorn  was  born  in  Corydon,  Iowa,  May 
17,  1862,  the  son  of  William  G.  and  Mary  Hartshorn, 
and  received  common  school  and  high  school  educa- 
tion. From  1885  to  1895  he  was  engaged  in  the  gen- 
eral mercantile  business  with  W.  G.  Hartshorn  in 
Pleasantville,  Iowa,  they  leaving  this  in  1895  to 
enter  the  coal  industry  which  they  have  pursued  con- 
tinuously since,  operating  mines  in  Iowa,  Illinois  and 
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Roy  C.  Freeman 


ROY  C.  FREEMAN 

Judge  Roy  C.  Freeman,  judge  of  the  county 
court  of  Champaign  County,  is  a  native  son  of  his 
community.  He  was  horn  in  Homer  Township, 
Champaign  County,  July  13,  1880,  the  son  of  John 
T.  and  Jennie  (Silkey)  Freeman.  His  father,  also 
a  native  resident  of  the  county,  was  a  farmer  and 
stock-raiser  and  the  judge's  early  life  was  spent  on 
the  farm.  He  attended  country  school  in  Homer 
Township  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Homer  High 
School  (1898).  In  law  he  is  a  graduate  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan  (1Q03),  but  previous  to  entering 
Michigan  spent  a  year  at  the  University  of  Illinois. 

Judge  Freeman  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Illi- 
nois in  October,  1903,  and  opened  office  in  December 
of  the  same  year.  From  1903  to  1908  he  was  en- 
gaged in  private  practice,  but  from  1908  to  1912  he 
served  as  assistant  state's  attorney  for  Champaign 
County.  He  was  elected  judge  of  the  county  court 
in  1914  and  has  since  been  continuously  re-elected. 
Both  as  a  lawyer  and  jurist  he  is  held  in  high  esteem 
and  his  record  both  on  and  off  the  bench  has  been 
marked  by  a  high   ability. 

Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  Elks  and  the  Masons.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican. 

He  was  married  August  16,  1905,  to  Lillian  A. 
Burdick  of  Homer,  and  has  three  children,  Gladys 
Irene,  Hazel  Bernice  and  Ruth  Lillian.  Another 
daughter,    Beulah    May,    died    in    1910. 

Residence :  507  Indiana  Avenue,  Urbana.  Busi- 
ness address  :     Court  House,  Urbana. 


WILLIAM  C.  DIXON,  M.D. 

Dr.  William  C.  Dixon,  health  commissioner  of  the 
City  of  Danville,  is  a  native  of  Greenville,  Illinois, 
and  previous  to  residence  in  Danville  was  for  a 
number  of  years  engaged  in  practice  in  Canton, 
Illinois,  where  he  also  served  as  health  commissioner 
during  the  years  of  1908  and  1909.  He  was  ap- 
pointed health  commissioner  of  Danville  in  1919,  and 
was  re-appointed  to  this  office  May  1,  1925. 

Dr.  Dixon  was  born  in  Greenville,  October  10, 
1869,  the  son  of  William  and  Mary  Dixon.  He  is 
a  high  school  graduate,  a  normal  school  graduate,  and 
received  his  medical  education  in  the  St.  Louis  Uni- 
versity School  of  Medicine.  In  fraternal  affiliations 
he  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge,  the  Knights 
Templar  and  the  Shrine. 

Dr.  Dixon  was  married  in  1896  to  Florence  White, 
and  to  this  union  one  daughter  was  born,  Lillian 
Dixon,  who  died  at  the  age  of  ten  years.  He  re- 
sides at  307  West  Harrison  Street,  and  has  his  offices 
in  the  Dale   Building,   Danville. 


William   C.  Dixon,  M.D. 


Bow  man 


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Bow  man 


William  E.  Fithian 


WILLIAM  E.  FITHIAN 
William  E.  Fithian  was  born  in  Danville,  Illinois, 
July  20,  1858,  the  son  of  George  and  Edwilda  (Crom- 
well) Fithian,  both  of  whom  were  members  of 
pioneer  families.  His  father  died  very  young.  His 
grandfather  was  Dr.  William  Fithian,  Danville's  first 
physician,  who  was  also  prominent  in  the  early  polit- 
ical life  of  Illinois,  a  member  of  the  legislature  for 
a  number  of  years  and  provost  marshal  during  the 
stirring  days  of  the  Civil  War,  a  trusted  friend  of 
Abraham   Lincoln. 

Mr.  Fithian  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Danville,  afterward  going  to  Detroit,  Mich- 
igan, for  a  course  in  a  business  college  there.  Com- 
pleting this  course,  he  was  there  employed  by  the 
Empire  Transportation  Company,  the  business  of  this 
company  being  the  handling  of  fast  freight  in  its  own 
cars.  From  there  he  went  to  Southwest  Texas, 
where  he  remained  for  more  than  fifteen  years,  most 
of  which  time  he  was  with  the  Missouri  Pacific  Rail- 
road Company,  in  the  transportation  department,  and 
later  in  railroad  construction  work.  Following  an 
accident  which  resulted  in  a  serious  injury  to  himself 
he  returned  to  Danville,  and  after  a  period  of  semi- 
invalidism  he  was  for  a  time  engaged  in  the  milling 
business  in  Danville,  associated  with  his  step-father, 
the  late  Judge  D.  D.  Evans.  A  fire  destroyed  the  mill 
in  1896  and  it  was  not  rebuilt. 

During  all  of  his  various  activities  he  was  always 
interested    in    agriculture    and    about    this    time    he 
turned   his   attention   seriously  to   scientific   farming. 
(Continued  on  Page  338) 


DR.  HENRY  FROST  HOOKER 
Dr.  Henry  Frost  Hooker,  leading  surgeon  of  Dan- 
ville, Illinois,  was  born  November  12,  1884,  in  In- 
dependence, Kansas,  the  son  of  Samuel  H.  and  Lora 
Hooker.  He  graduated  from  the  high  school  in 
White,  South  Dakota,  and  received  his  Ph.G.  degree 
from  the  South  Dakota  State  College  in  1904.  In 
1908  he  graduated  from  the  Medical  School  of  the 
Northwestern  University  and  spent  two  years  as  an 
interne  in  a  Chicago  hospital.  Dr.  Hooker  came  to 
Danville  in  1910  and  for  several  years  was  engaged 
in  the  general  practice  of  medicine.  His  practice  for 
some  time  has  been  devoted  exclusively  to  general 
surgery.  He  is  a  member  of  the  leading  medical  so- 
cieties,— the  Illinois  State  Medical  Society,  the  Ver- 
milion County  Medical  Society  and  the  Aesculapean 
Medical  Society  of  the  Wabash  Valley.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  surgical  staffs  of  St.  Elizabeth's 
and  Lake  View  Hospitals.  Dr.  Hooker  is  active  in 
Masonic  circles,  being  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason 
and  a  member  of  the  Danville  Consistory  and  Mo- 
hammed Shrine.  Dr.  Hooker  was  united  in  mar- 
riage November  22,  1909,  to  Miss  Nellie  M.  McGrath. 
To  this  union  three  children  were  born,  John,  Maxine 
and  Jane.  He  has  a  suite  of  offices  at  508  First 
National  Bank  Building  and  his  home  is  at  8  Rose- 
lawn  Avenue. 


Dr.  Henry  Frost  Hooker 


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RALPH  L.  MjcCALMAN 

Ralph  L.  McCalman,  president  of  R.  McCalman,  Incorporated,  general  contractors  of  Danville,  was  born 
in  Wilson.  Wisconsin,  October  20,  1871,  the  son  of  John  and  Lucy  (Lynde)  McCalman.  He  received  his 
education  in  Racine  College,  at  Racine,  Wisconsin,  and  previous  to  entering  the  business  of  contracting  was 
engaged  in  engineering  work  with  railroads  and  electric  lines  in  Illinois  and  Michigan.  He  has  been  en- 
gaged in  the  contracting  business  since  1909,  and  has  further  included  two  years  of  service,  from  1912  to 
1914,  as  city  engineer  of  Decatur,   Illinois. 

In  his  early  work,  from  1890  to  1906,  Mr.  McCalman  was  engaged  as  a  civil  engineer  in  railroad  con- 
struction with  the  Chicago  &  Grand  Trunk  and  the  Chicago  &  West  Michigan  Railroads,  and  as  locating 
engineer,  maintenance  engineer,  and  division  engineer  with  the  Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois  Railroad,  while 
in  his  traction  line  service  be  spent  the  years  from  1906  to  1909  in  organization  of  the  engineering  depart- 
ment of  the  Illinois  Traction  System. 

Mr.  McCalman  was  married  March  4,  1901,  to  Myrtle  Hopple  and  has  two  daughters,  Helen  and  Myra. 
He  is  a  Royal  Arch  and  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  a  member  of  the  Shrine,  Grotto,  and  the  Elks. 

He  resides  at  9  May  wood  Drive.     His  business  is  located  at  425  Chandler  Street. 


JOSEPH  G.  ("Uncle  Joe")  CANNON 
(Continued  from  Page  317) 
in  1910  when  insurgents  of  his  own  party,  combined  with 
the  Democratic  minority,  forced  him  to  yield  the  powers  of 
his  office  but  refused  to  remove  him.  The  struggle  over 
this  was  one  of  the  most  titanic  ever  waged  in  congress, 
and  "Uncle  Joe,"  with  his  back  to  the  wall,  fighting  his 
greatest  of  fights,  so  held  the  admiration  of  his  opponents 
that,  although  victorious  in  stripping  the  speaker  of  many 
of  his  powers,  they  were  quite  content  that  the  gavel  should 
continue  to  be  his. 

"Uncle  Joe"  was  first  elected  to  congress,  from  the 
Eighteenth  Illinois  District,  in  1872,  to  the  Forty-Third  Con- 
gress, and  was  continuously  re-elected  to  each  succeeding 
congress  until  1892,  when  he  was  defeated  for  election  to 
the  Fifty-Second  Congress.  After  this,  however,  he  was 
again  elected,  to  the  Fifty-Third  Congress  and  to  each  suc- 
ceeding congress  until  1912,  when  with  the  great  majority 
of  his  party  he  was  buried  under  the  avalanche  of  votes  that 
engulfed  the  Republican  party  with  the  advent  of  the  Pro- 
gressive Party.  He  was  elected  again  in  1914  and  con- 
tinued to  serve  throughout  the  Sixty-Fifth,  Sixty-Sixth  and 
Sixty-Seventh  Congresses,  retiring  voluntarily  in  1922.  Also 
outstanding  in  his  career  in  congress  he  served  for  four- 
teen years  as  a  member  of  the  much  powered  committee  on 
appropriations,  twelve  of  which  were  as  chairman,  in  the 
Forty-Sixth,  Fifty-First,  Fifty-Fifth,  Fifty-Sixth  and  Fifty- 
Seventh  Congresses.  He  further  notably  received  fifty-eight 
votes  for  the  Presidential  nomination  at  the  Republican  Na- 
tional Convention  in  1908,  where  at  the  same  convention 
suggestion  was  made  by  party  leaders  that  he  take  the  vice- 
presidential    nomination,    a    suggestion    which    he    refused. 

"Uncle  Joe"  was  born  in  a  little  Quaker  settlement  near 
Guilford,  North  Carolina,  May  7,  1836,  and  named  for 
Joseph  Gurney,  a  famous  Quaker.  His  father  was  Dr. 
Horace  Cannon  and  his  mother,  Gulielma  (Hollingsworth) 
Cannon,  and  his  being  a  Quaker  came  by  chance.  His 
grandfather,  a  Scotch-Irish  Presbyterian  from  Northern  Ire- 
land, settled  in  Montreal  shortly  after  the  Revolution,  and 
later  removed  to  North  Carolina,  where  "Uncle  Joe's"  father 
was  born,  only  to  become  an  orphan  a  week  later  and  be 
reared  by  two  elderly  Quakeresses.  However,  "Uncle  Joe," 
as    demonstrated    by    his    being    a     fiery,     rough    and    tumble 


fighter,  inherited  the  traits  of  his  grandfather  as  far  as 
religion    was   concerned. 

From  North  Carolina,  when  "Uncle  Joe"  was  four  years 
old,  the  Cannon  family  removed  to  Indiana,  where  he 
grew  to  manhood.  "Uncle  Joe's"  father  hated  slavery  and 
he  left  the  South  because  of  it,  traveling  overland  to 
Indiana,  where  after  locating  on  the  Wabash  River  near 
Terre  Haute,  he  was  drowned  while  swimming  the  swollen 
river   to   aid    a   sick   neighbor. 

Deft  fatherless  by  the  drowning  and  made  the  main  sup- 
port of  his  family,  the  balance  of  "Uncle  Joe's"  boyhood 
was  one  of  struggle.  He  worked  in  a  store  by  day  and 
studied  by  night,  particularly  in  the  later  years  of  his  youth, 
studying   law    in   a    friend's   law   office. 

Determined  to  be  a  lawyer,  he  saved  money  to  pay  a  dollar 
a  week  for  board  while  going  to  law  school,  and  upon 
promise  to  pay  later  for  tuition  was  accepted  as  a  student 
at  the  Cincinnati  Law  School,  which  he  finished  and  from 
which  he  was  forced  to  walk  back  home  to  Indiana  because 
of   having   no   money   to    pay   railroad    fare. 

However,  "Uncle  Joe's"  poverty  was  confined  to  his  early 
years.  After  becoming  successfully  launched  in  his  law 
practice  he  turned  to  other  enterprises  and  in  the  years 
that  followed  acquired  a  large  fortune.  One  of  his  principal 
interests  has  been  the  Second  National  Bank  of  Danville, 
which  has  long  been  one  of  the  outstanding  financial  institu- 
tions  of   Eastern    Illinois. 

HARVEY  JAMES  SCONCE 
(Continued  from  Page  319) 
Company,  both  of  which  he  serves  as  president.  Mr.  Sconce 
was  born  at  Indianola,  Illinois,  March  7,  1875,  the  son  of 
James  S.  and  Emma  (Sodowsky)  Sconce,  and  holds  degree 
of  B.S.,  College  of  Agriculture.  University  of  Illinois,  1898. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Kappa  Sigma  anil  Alpha  Gamma  Rho 
Fraternities,  the  University  Club  of  Chicago,  Adventurers 
Club  of  Chicago,  and  the  Elks  Lodge  at  Danville.  He  also 
belongs  to  the  Masonic  Lodge,  including  Medinah  Temple  of 
the  Shrine  at  Chicago.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and 
in  1920  was  the  agricultural  manager  for  the  United  States 
in  the  campaign  of  Frank  O.  Lowden  for  the  Presidency. 
In    religion    he   is   a    Methodist. 

He  was  married,  June  2,  1897,  to  Eva  L.  Fisher,  and 
has  three  children,  Frances  S.,  Louise,  and  James  S. 


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WILLIAM   B.   McKINLEY 
(Continued   from   Page   318) 

A  life-long  Republican,  Senator  McKinley  has  con- 
sistently adhered  to  the  major  principles  of  his  party,  but 
where  justice  or  judgment  indicated  otherwise  has  been 
free  to  take  a  stand  as  his  conscience  has  dictated.  He 
was  first  elected  to  the  fifty-ninth  congress  in  1904  and 
with  the  exception  of  two  years  has  been  in  public  service 
continuously  since,  being  re-elected  to  each  congress  except 
the  sixty-third  until  in  1920  he  was  chosen  United  States 
senator    for    the    term    from    1921    to    1927. 

In  both  the  house  and  the  senate,  Senator  McKinley's 
legislative  record  has  been  characterized  by  a  fair,  con- 
sistent, constructive  attitude  towards  questions  of  labor, 
agriculture,  public  service,  national  defense,  finance  and 
foreign  relations.  He  has  always  been  a  champion  of  the 
American  standard  of  living  and  a  leader  in  movements  for 
tax  reduction,  particularly  sponsoring  the  budget  system  to 
curb  national  expenditures.  He  has  always  further  been  a  con- 
sistent advocate  of  a  protective  tariff,  and  both  in  the 
house  and  senate  has  held  numerous  important  committee 
assignments    and     memberships. 

Senator  McKinley  is  also  particularly  highly  regarded  in 
both  branches  of  the  government  for  his  knowledge  of 
foreign  affairs  and  his  advice  on  matters  of  foreign  interest 
is  generally  sought  by  colleagues.  He  has  engaged  in  ex- 
tensive travels,  has  been  a  visitor  in  every  country  in  the 
world,  and  by  reason  of  this  holds  keen  insight  into  matters 
of   foreign    trade   and    political    relations. 

Senator  McKinley  is,  moreover,  a  particular  friend  of 
education.  From  1902  to  1905  he  was  a  trustee  of  the 
University  of  Illinois  and  his  gifts  to  educational  institu- 
tions  in    Illinois   amount   to    more   than    a    million    dollars. 

His  philanthropies  in  other  directions  have  also  been 
extensive.  He  has  given  much  time  to  social  service  work 
also,  but  both  in  social  service  and  philanthropies  his  actions 
have  been  unostentatious,  although  with  him  they  have  been 
so  varied  and  extensive  as  to  be  hardly  secondary  to  his 
political    and    business    undertakings. 

Among  his  most  conspicuous  public  service  has  been  his 
work  with  the  American  Group  of  the  Interparliamentary 
Union.  As  president  of  the  American  Group,  to  which  he 
has  been  re-elected  five  times,  he  urged  the  attendance  of 
foreign  nations  to  the  Limitation  of  Armament  Conference 
called  at  Washington  by  President  Harding  in  November, 
1921.  He  is  also  international  vice-president  of  this  world- 
wide  group   of   statesmen   representing   thirty   nations. 

Senator  McKinley  was  married  at  Chicago,  in  February, 
1881,  to  Kate  Frisbee.  His  clubs  are  the  Chevy  Chase,  Press 
and  Metropolitan  of  Washington,  District  of  Columbia,  the 
Hamilton  and  Union  League  of  Chicago,  and  the  Country 
of  Champaign. 

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MILTON  JOHN  WOLFORD 
(Continued   from    Page   320) 
uously    since.      Mr.    Wnlford    has   also   been    secretary    of   the 
Danville  Benefit  and  Building  Association  since   1880. 

In  civic  and  community  activities,  Mr.  Wolford  has  served 
as  president  of  the  Board  of  Lakeview  Hospital;  is  at  present 
a  trustee  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. ;  charter  and  life  member  of 
the  Paul  Revere  Chapter  of  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, of  which  he  is  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Control;  and 
is  also  a  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  and  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Flks.  In  recognition  of  his  benevolence, 
and  in  testimony  of  the  esteem  with  which  he  is  held  in  his 
community  he  was  signally  honored  on  his  seventy-ninth  birth- 
day, April  6,  1923,  through  presentation  by  citizens  of  Dan- 
ville of  a  beautiful  loving  cup,  seventy-nine  American  Beauty 
Roses,  and  selection  as  general  chairman  of  the  Salvation 
Army  Appeal  Fund,  which  position  he  also  held  in  the  cam- 
paigns for  funds  to  build  the  Danville  Y.  W.  C.  A.  and  the 
Lakeview    Hospital. 

Mr.  Wolford  was  married  at  Areola,  Illinois,  December  4, 
1872,  to  Maud  Sutherland  Blackwell,  a  native  of  New  Bern, 
North  Carolina,  and  descendant  of  Robert  Blackwell,  founder 
of  Blackwell's  Island,  New  York,  and  has  been  the  father  of 
six  children,  Ann  Selby  (Mrs.  Urndorff  L.  Ridgely),  Frances 
M.  (deceased),  Maud  Blackwell  (Mrs.  Charles  Frederick 
Shause),  Sarah  Wicks  (Mrs.  Roscoe  Simpson  Fairchild), 
Albert    Milton    (deceased),    and    Harold    Ernest    Wolford. 

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RUSSEL    CURTIS    ROTTGER 
(Continued   from    Page   326) 
Mr.    Rottger  was  married  at   Oak   Park,   Illinois,    November 
21,    1914,    to    Florence    Mildred    Smith,    and    has    one    child, 
Rosemary   Jane,   aged   six. 

Residence:  112  Sheridan  Street.  Business  address:  23 
North   Walnut   Street. 


JOHN  H.  HARRISON 
(Continued  from  Page  322) 
with  the  Danville  News  in  1903.  In  his  political  activities 
Mr.  Harrison  has  included  service  as  a  member  of  the 
Republican  State  Central  Committee  in  1914;  as  a  delegate 
to  the  Republican  National  Convention,  Chicago,  1916;  and 
as  chairman  of  the  Illinois  Republican  State  Convention  in 
1918.  He  has  also  included  service  as  commissioner  of 
Illinois  State  Penitentiary,  from  1904  to  1913,  and  notably, 
during  the  World  War,  was  a  member  of  the  Illinois  State 
Council    of   Defense. 

In  club  and  fraternal  affiliations  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Sigma  Chi  Fraternity,  the  Masonic  Lodge,  including  the  32d 
degree,  Knights  Templar  and  the  Shrine;  the  Elks  Lodge, 
Union  League  Club  of  Chicago,  Danville  Country  Club,  Dan- 
ville Gun  Club,  and  Union  Gun  Club  of  Beardstown,  Illinois. 

Residence:  402  The  Holland.  Business  address:  Com- 
mercial-News,   Danville. 

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WILLIAM  J.  PARRETT 
(Continued  from   Page   323) 

and  among  these  holds  credit  for  the  adoption  of  the  Dan- 
ville City  Plan,  and  the  establishment  of  Danville's  municipal 
golf  course,  the  first  municipal  course  to  be  provided  by  any 
city    in   the   State   of   Illinois. 

Mr.  Parrett  first  started  his  newspaper  work  in  Fonda, 
Iowa,  and  previously  to  locating  in  Danville  and  forming 
his  association  with  Mr.  Harrison,  worked  as  a  reporter  with 
newspapers  in  Sioux  City  and  Des  Moines  in  1891  and  1892, 
with  the  Chicago  newspapers  in  1893,  as  manager  of  the 
Ottawa  Journal  in  1894  and  1895,  as  manager  of  the 
LaCrosse  (Wisconsin)  Republican-Leader  in  1896,  and  as 
advertising   manager    of   the    Aurora    News    in    1898. 

Mr.  Parrett  was  married  in  Danville  in  1904  to  Margaret 
Connor,  and  resides  at  1010  Vermilion  Street.  In  organiza- 
tional affiliations   he  is  a  member  of  various  clubs  and  lodges 

of   Danville. 

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DAVID  WILLIAM  STEVICK 
(Continued   from   Page   324) 
progressive     methods     resulted     in     other     civic     reforms    and 
great    community    progress    and    his    name    was    widely    men- 
tioned   for    political    honors,    such    as    congressman. 

Mr.  Stevick,  however,  preferred  to  devote  his  energies 
to  his  fast  growing  business  and  in  1919,  purchased  his 
rival  publication,  The  Champaign  Gazette,  which  he  merged 
with  The  News  as  The  Champaign  News-Gazette.  Not  con- 
tent with  the  facilities  of  the  two  newspapers,  he  again  en- 
larged his  plant,  adding  much  new  equipment  and  the  full 
wire  service  of  both  the  United  Press  and  International  News 
Service.  To-day,  The  Champaign  News-Gazette  is  one  of 
the  few  papers  in  the  United  States  carrying  the  fu'.l  wire 
reports  of  the  Associated  Press,  United  Press  and  Inter- 
national News  Service.  A  Sunday  newspaper  and  the  first 
sport  page  ever  published  in  his  community  were  given  to 
the  public  by  Mr.  Stevick.  The  same  can  be  said  of  the 
society  page,  the  woman's  page,  colored  comics  on  Sundays, 
full    page   of   comics    daily,    and   many   other    features. 

Mr.  Stevick  has  been  an  extensive  traveler  and  his  ability 
as  a  writer,  both  editorially  and  otherwise,  has  been  a  big 
factor  in  the  upbuilding  of  The  News-Gazette.  From  a  paid 
circulation  in  191 5  of  5,000,  the  circulation  has  climbed  to 
13,000.  From  the  records  of  the  Audit  Bureau  of  Circula- 
tions it  is  proven  that  no  newspaper  in  the  State  of  Illinois 
covers  its  territory  in  such  a  blanket-like  way.  No  news- 
paper in  the  state  has  made  a  larger  percentage  of  growth 
in  circulation  since  1915.  The  career  of  D.  W.  Stevick  as 
a  newspaper  publisher  is  regarded  in  the  Central  states  as 
a  phenomenal   success. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Stevick  and  Miss  Helen  M.  Taylor 
was  solemnized  at  Poplar  Bluff,  Missouri,  on  August  29,  1910, 
and  a  daughter,  Marajen,  is  their  only  child.  Mr.  Stevick  is 
a  member  of  the  International  Kiwanis  Club,  the  Eiks, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Moose,  and  Redmen  Lodges,  of  the 
Hamilton    Club   of   Chicago,   and    of   the   Associated    Press. 

*  *      * 

II.    C.   HORNEMAN 

(Continued   from   Page   325) 
development    work    in    the    agricultural    states    of   the    Middle 
West. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Sigma  Alpha  Epsilon  college  fra- 
ternity, the  honorary  agricultural  fraternity  of  Delta  Theta 
Sigma,  the  Masonic  Lodge,  including  the  Knights  Templar 
and  the  32d  degree,  and  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks. 

Mr.  Horneman  was  married  in  1908  to  Florence  L.  Loe 
and  has  one  son,   Kenneth   H.,   born    April    n,    1910. 

Residence:  1 1 19  Sherman  Street.  Business  address:  Sugar 
Creek   Creamery    Company,    123    Washington    Street,   Danville. 


Pafje  Three  Hundred  and  Thirty-site 


WILLIAM  BROOKS  MURRAY 
(Continued  from  Page  327) 
Hill  Miller  Company  of  Washington,  and  was  promoted  to 
chief  engineer  in  1896,  and  erecting  engineer  in  1898.  Later, 
in  1899,  he  became  chief  engineer  with  the  Palas  Royal,  and 
after  this,  in  1908,  entered  business  for  himself,  as  general 
manager  of  the  Murray  Engineering  Company,  doing  general 
contracting  nd  machine  construction  work.  In  the  latter 
work  he  served  as  advisory  engineer  for  the  Miller  Train 
Control  Company,  and  in  191  1  gave  up  all  connections  to 
devote  himself  entirely  to  designing  and  perfecting  a  work- 
able  train    control    system. 

The  system  as  evolved  by  Mr.  Murray,  was  first  installed 
on  the  Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois  Railroad  in  IOII,  and  its 
success    has    been    cited    by    Congressman    Lsch.    author    of    the 

Ksch  Cummins  Transportation  Act,  as  justification  for  in- 
stallation of  train  controls  on  all  railroads,  as  provided  by 
the  act.  In  making  the  citation,  Mr.  Ksch  slated  that  after 
what  had  been  proven  on  the  Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois 
Railroad  the  cost  of  installation  was  justifiable  on  account  of 
the  benefits  to  be  derived  in  conservation  of  life  and  property, 
and   in    facilitation   of   traffic. 

Altogether  forty-nine  different  railroads  have  been  effected 
by  the  transportation  act  as  requiring  adoption  id"  train  con- 
trol systems  and  it  is  estimated  that  the  first  cost  of  the  in- 
stallations will  be  not  lev-,  than  $200,000,000.  Many  of  the 
roads  have  already  begun  installation  of  these  systems  and 
among  these  the  .Miller  Train  Control  Company  is  now  en- 
gaged in  installing  the  Miller  Control  on  the  lines  of  the 
New  York  Central  Railroad  east  of  Cleveland,  a  work  which 
is  being  conducted  under  the  personal  direction  of  Mr. 
Murray. 

Among  those  who  arc  principally  interested  with  Mr.  Mur- 
ray in  the  Miller  Train  Control  Company,  is  Mr.  H.  B. 
Miller  of  Washington,  as  general  manager;  Mr.  J.  W.  Garber, 
Washington,  as  president;  and  Mr.  William  Dupont,  Wil- 
mington, Delaware,  as  chairman  of  the  company's  executive 
committee. 

Included  in  professional  and  fraternal  affiliations,  Mr.  Mur- 
ray, who  is  generally  known  in  Danville,  and  in  engineering 
circles  as  "Safety-First  Hill  Murray,"  is  a  member  of  the 
Washington  Society  of  Kngineers,  the  Railway  Signal  En- 
gineers Association,  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  a  Shriner, 
and  an  Elk.  Also,  as  vice-president  of  the  National  Railway 
Association,  he  enjoys  outstanding  position.  The  organization 
is  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  world,  and  in  his  office  as 
vice-president  Mr.  Murray  will  automatically  become  president 
in  1926.  He  became  a  director  of  the  body  five  years  ago,  and 
besides  being  vice-president  has  served  on  its  committees  on 
warehouses,  finance  and  membership.  His  principal  recrea- 
tions are  hunting,  fishing  and  golf.  Clubs  are  the  Rotary, 
Shrine,  Chicago  Engineers,  Missouri  Athletic  Association  and 
Old   Colony.      He  belongs   to   the    Presbyterian   Church. 

Mr.  Murray  was  married  at  Silver  Creek,  New  York,  in 
1902  to  Georgia  Farnsworth,  and  has  three  children,  Martha, 
Flora  and  Laura. 

JOHN  W.  DALE 
(Continued  from  Page  328) 
in  this  office,  one  term  being  for  five  years,  making  the  total 
of  thirteen  years.  A  staunch  Republican,  always  interested 
in  community  advancement  and  welfare,  he  spent  much  of 
his  early  years  in  party  work  and  was  present  at  the  con- 
vention at  which  the  Hon.  Joseph  G.  Cannon,  his  famed 
fellow  townsman,  was  first  nominated  and  launched  upon  the 
distinguished  career  that  has  been  his  in  congress.  Mr.  Dale 
has  also  frequently  served  as  a  delegate  to  the  various  party 
conventions  and  has  further  served  in  numerous  other  official 
county  and  township  capacities. 

After  retiring  from  the  clerk's  office  Mr.  Dale  formed  a 
partnership  with  Martin  Hulce  and  J.  C.  Hull  and  organized 
the  Danville  Buggy  Company.  After  several  years  this  part- 
nership was  dissolved  and  Mr.  Dale  formed  an  association 
with  the  late  W.  T.  Cunningham  and  with  him  purchased 
approximately  a  thousand  acres  of  land  west  of  the  city 
from  the  Consolidated  Coal  Company,  forming  the  nucleus 
from  which  Vermilion  Heights  has  been  developed.  Through 
this  purchase  Mr.  Dale  was  largely  responsible  for  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  brick  industry  in  Danville,  having  long  ago 
interested  the  Danville  Brick  Company  and  the  Western 
Brick  Company  in  establishing  plants  on  this  property.  Dur- 
ing his  early  career  Mr.  Dale  acquired  considerable  business 
property,  among  that  being  the  corner  at  North  and  Vermilion 
Streets,  where  the  present  modern,  three-story  Dale  Building 
now  stands. 

Mr.  Dale  was  married  at  Danville,  June  26,  1873,  to 
Harriett  I.  Hicks  of  Perrysville,  Indiana,  and  with  his  com- 
rade of  this  long  period  enjovs  business  retirement  at  their 
beautiful  home  at  436  North  Walnut  Street,  where  they 
recently  celebrated  their  fifty-second  wedding  anniversary. 
They  have  three  children,  Elizabeth  Dale  Wilkinson,  Georgia 
Dale,  and  Nelle  Dale  Campbell,  all  of  whom  are  well  known 
and   prominent   in  social  affairs   in   Danville. 

Clubs  and  fraternal  affiliations  of  Mr.  Dale  include  the 
Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  the  G.  A.  R.,  the  Elks 
Lodge,  the  Odd  Fellows,  of  which  he  is  a  past  grand  master, 
and  the  Modern  Woodmen. 


WALTER  C.  LINDLKY 
(Continued  from  Page  331) 
Illinois.  He  was  graduated  from  high  school  in  1897  and 
holds  degrees  from  the  University  of  Illinois  of  A.B.,  1001; 
LL.B.,  1904;  and  J. I).,  1910.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar, 
July  1,  1904,  and  served  as  a  law  clerk  with  Lindley,  Pen- 
well  &  Lindley  from  1904  to  1906.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  firm  in  1906  and  continued  this  connection  until  his 
present    appointment. 

While  at  t  he  University  of  Illinois  Judge  Lindley  was 
active  in  student  affairs  ami  served  as  assistant  editor  and 
manager  of  the  Daily  Illini,  as  editor  of  the  Illinois  Maga- 
zine, as  president  of  the  Student  Republican  Club,  chairman 
of  Senior  Cap  and  Gown  Committee,  and  as  a  member  of 
the    Senior    Ball    Committee. 

lie  is  a  member  of  the  Vermilion  County,  Illinois  State, 
and  American  liar  Associations;  Masonic  Lodge,  including 
thirty-second  degree;  FJks  Lodge;  Union  League  Club  of 
Chicago;  and  tin-  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Phi  Gamma  Delta,  Phi 
Delta  Phi,  and  Thcta  Nu  Kappa  College  Fraternities.  He  is 
also  a  director  of  the  Second  National  Bank  of  Danville, 
president  of  the  Law  Alumni  Association  of  the  University 
of    Illinois,    and    a    member    of    the    Presbyterian    Church. 

Judge  Lindley  was  married  April  30,  191 3,  to  Louise  Dewey 
Brown  and  has  three  children,  Mary  Alletta,  Louise  1).,  and 
Walter  C,  junior.  He  resides  at  1212  Logan  Avenue,  Dan- 
ville. 

*      *      * 

WILLIAM    FRANKLIN   BALM 
(Continued    from   Page   329) 

his  venture  and  the  store  continues  to-day  as  one  of  the 
leaders  in  its  field,  while  all  of  the  others  have  long  since 
passed  out  of  existence. 

Mr.  Baum's  first  venture  in  building  business  property 
came  in  1882.  At  this  time  he  built  the  Baum  Block  on 
East  Main  Street.  In  1907,  awakened  to  Danville's  growing 
need  for  office  buildings  he  started  the  building  of  the  Baum 
Building  on  Vermilion  Street,  and  through  the  construction 
of  this  structure,  which  was  finished  in  April,  1908,  gave  to 
the  city  its  first  modern,  steel  fire-proof  building,  which, 
with  seven  stories,  continues  to-day  as  one  of  the  finest 
buildings   in   the   city. 

In  fraternal  affiliations  Mr.  Baum  is  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  Lodge,  including  the  32d  degree  and  the  Shrine. 
He  is  also  a  charter  member  of  the  Danville  Lodge  of  Elks. 
In  professional  affiliations  he  has  served  as  president  of  the 
Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  further  among  busi- 
ness interests  is  president  of  the  Pioneer  Gas  &  Oil  Company 
of  San  Antonio,  Texas.  He  also  was  a  member  of  the  Dan- 
ville City  Council  for  four  years  during  early  1900,  represent- 
ing the  Third  Ward  of  the  city,  during  which  time  through 
aiding  in  taking  in  six  suburbs,  three  of  which  were  in- 
corporated towns,  he  won  title  of  being  called  the  father  of 
Greater   Danville. 

Mr.  Baum  has  been  twice  married.  His  first  wife,  Louisa 
Johnson,  whom  he  married  in  Marshfield,  Indiana,  in  Septem- 
ber, 1874,  died  several  years  ago,  and  his  second  wife,  Bertha 
Lebensburger,  whom  he  married  at  Sandusky,  Ohio,  in 
February,  1914,  died  November  22,  1922.  He  has  one  son, 
Clarence,  born  by  his  first  marriage,  who  is  associated  in 
business  with  his  father,  and  who  is  also  superintendent  of 
Lakeview  Hospital  of  Danville.  During  his  earlier  years 
the  son  traveled  extensively  abroad  but  in  recent  years  has 
been   located   in   Danville. 

Residence:        322      Vermilion      Street.        Business     address: 

Baum  Building. 

*  *      * 

LAWRENCE  T.  ALLEN 
(Continued  from  Page  331) 
Delta  Phi  (honorary  law)  College  Fraternities,  the  Masonic 
and  Elks  Lodges,  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  and  the 
Danville  Country  Club.  He  holds  commission  as  major  in 
the  Judge  Advocate's  Department,  United  States  Army,  Of- 
ficers' Reserve  Corps,  and  during  the  World  War  served  as 
a  major  with  the   10th   Illinois   Infantry. 

He  was  married  November  4,  191 1,  to  Bess  Trevett  of 
Champaign.  Illinois,  and  has  two  children,  John  T.,  and 
Lawrence   T.,   junior. 

Residence:      11 30   Logan   Avenue.      Business  address:      First 

National    Bank   Building. 

#  *      * 

JOHN    G.    HARTSHORN' 

(Continued    from    Page   332) 
Ohio.      Mr.    Hartshorn    is    a    member    of   the    Rotary    Club    of 
Danville,   the   Elks   Club,   and  the   Danville   Country    Club. 

He  was  married,  March  1,  1888,  to  Minnie  E.  Sherperd 
and  they  have  had  two  children,  a  son,  Harry,  who  died 
May  13,  1922,  and  a  daughter,  Helen,  who  is  now  Mrs.  Harry 
S.   Weir. 

Residence:  1102  North  Walnut  Street.  Business  address: 
310    Adams    Building. 


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WILLIAM  E.  FITHIAN 
(Continued  from  Page  334) 
He  is  the  owner  and  operator  of  a  considerable  amount  of 
land.  His  one  idea  is  production,  but  production  without 
destruction.  If  you  talk  with  him  he  will  tell  you  that  you 
can  not  continue  to  take  everything  from  the  land  and  put 
nothing  back.  Soil  building  is  his  hobby.  He  is  a  producer 
rather  than  a  trader.  Perhaps  he  will  tell  you,  too,  his  idea 
of  the  marketing  of  grain  and  what  he  thinks  about  specula- 
tion in  the   food   of  the  people. 

His  home  is  in  Danville,  where  his  business  address  is  his 
home  address,  415  North  Gilbert  Street.  He  married  in 
1&97>  Jane  Head,  a  descendant  of  Gen.  Evan  Shelby,  of 
Revolutionary  fame.  Her  home  was  also  in  Danville,  but 
she   is   a    native    of   a    sister   state,    Indiana. 

Mr.  Fithian  has  always  been  active  in  the  community  life 
of  the  city,  having  been  on  the  executive  boards  of  most 
of  its  public  institutions.  He  was  interested  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  local  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  was  its  second 
president.  One  of  his  greatest  interests  has  been  the  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Provisional  Committee  and 
of  the  Building  Committee  of  its  present  home  and  for  some 
time  chairman  of  the  Finance  Committee  and  his  interest 
continues.  He  is  a  Mason,  an  Elk,  and  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian   Church. 

He  is,  and  has  always  been,  a  Republican  in  politics  but 
has  never  asked  for  and  has  never  held  a  political  office,  and 
with  a  twinkle  in  his  eye  he  admits  that  even  in  a  Democrat 
there  may  be  found  some  good. 


JOHN  W.  WEBSTER 
(Continued  from  Page  330) 
Saloon  League  and  of  the  State  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  Board,  he  avoided  the  danger  that  often  besets 
prominent  men,  of  believing  in  all  good  causes  and  doing 
nothing  definite  for  the  specific  agencies  that  carry  on  these 
causes.  While  never  neglecting  his  business,  he  has  learned 
how  to  live,  as  Arnold  Bennett  says,  twenty-four  hours  a 
day,  and  thus  has  ample  time  for  his  major  occupation,  as 
above   noted. 

Every  organization  in  the  City  of  Danville  created  for 
the  purpose  of  raising  money  for  some  philanthropic  cause 
has  sought  and  secured  his  enthusiastic  co-operation.  As 
one  of  a  hundred  alumni  of  De  Pauw,  he  succeeded  in 
raising  one  million  dollars  for  that  institution.  He  helped 
in  raising  over  two  million  dollars  for  the  Young  Women's 
Christian  Association,  Young  Men's  Christian  Association, 
and  various  churches,  hospitals,  colleges  and  other  organ- 
izations,  almost   always   serving   on   the   executive   committees. 

He  obviously  believes  in  manifesting  his  faith  in  works, 
and  his  is  a  spirit  such  as  every  city  in  the  Union  needs 
if  its  mountains  are  to  be  removed  and  its  crooked  places 
made  straight.  He  is  our  idea  of  the  finest  type  of  one 
hundred  per  cent.  American — hating  none  and  loving  all, 
efficient,  human,  kindly,  forceful,  with  a  keen  sense  of 
humor — a    Christian   gentleman. 

May   his  tribe   increase! 


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INDUSTRIAL 


l'a<jc   Three  Hundred   and    Thirty  nine 


Qlement,  Qurtis  and  Qompany 

LEMENT,  Curtis  and  Company,  one  of  the 
largest  and  most  favorably  regarded  stock, 
bond,  grain  and  commodity  commission  broker- 
age houses  in  Chicago,  was  organized  in  1905 
with  Allan  M.  Clement  and  John  F.  L.  Curtis  as  the  origi- 
nal partners.  Subsequently  Arthur  C.  Groves,  Arthur  F. 
Lindley,  Charles  C.  Renshaw  and  Arthur  A.  Clement  were 
admitted  to  the  firm. 

Clement,  Curtis  and  Company  are  members  of  the  New 
York  Stock  Exchange,  the  New  York  Curb  Market,  the 
New  York  Cotton  Exchange,  the  New  York  Coffee  and 
Sugar  Exchange,  the  Chicago  Stock  Exchange,  the  Chi- 
cago Board  of  Trade  and  the  New  Orleans  Cotton  Ex- 
change. 

Together  with  their  correspondents  they  operate  a  wire 
service  that  extends  from  coast  to  coast  and  from  New 
Orleans   to  Minneapolis. 


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The  Harris  Trust  and  Savings  "Bank 

F  the  financial  institutions  that  have  in  a  large  measure  contributed  to  Chi- 
cago's greatness,  one  is  the  Harris  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  founded  as  an 
investment  banking  firm  by  N.  W.  Harris  on  May  I,  1882,  and  beginning 
business  with  three  employes  and  a  capital  of  $30,000.  To-day  the  Harris 
Trust  and  Savings  Bank  is  part  of  an  organization  that  employs  more 
than  a  thousand  persons,  operates  forty  offices  in  the  United  States,  England  and 
Canada  and  which  possesses  a  combined  capital  of  over  $16,500,000  and  total  re- 
sources of  more  than  $75,000,000. 

The  affiliated  companies  are  Harris,  Forbes  and  Company,  New  York;  Harris, 
Forbes  and  Company,  Incorporated,  Boston,  and  Harris,  Forbes  and  Company,  Limit- 
ed, Montreal.  These,  together  with  the  Harris  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  render  a  com- 
prehensive service  to  investors  in  the  selection  of  investments,  and  to  corporations, 
governments  and  municipalities  in  their  financing. 

But  the  Harris  Trust  and  Savings  Bank — founded  as  N.  W.  Harris  and  Com- 
pany— not  only  does  one  of  the  largest  bond  distributing  and  originating  businesses  in 
the  United  States,  but  is  also  one  of  Chicago's  leading  banks. 

At  the  head  of  the  Harris  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  are  Albert  W.  Harris — son  of 
the  founder — who  is  chairman  of  the  board,  having  started  as  an  office  boy,  and  How- 
ard W.  Fenton,  for  many  years  in  the  service    of    the   bank   and   elected   president   in 

I923- 

The  purpose  of  the  original  firm  was  to  specialize  in  investments  and  its  Chicago 
activities  were  principally  the  purchase  of  bond  issues  that  were  sent  East  for  distribu- 
tion. The  business,  however,  soon  grew  to  embrace  all  other  branches  of  finance, 
and  so  rapid  was  the  growth  that  larger  quarters  were  five  times  necessary  before  the 
Harris  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  took  possession  of  its  own  building  at  1 1 1  West 
Monroe  Street,  in  which  it  is  now  located. 

In  1907,  the  Chicago  office  of  N.  W.  Harris  and  Company  was  incorporated  as 
the  Harris  Trust  and  Savings  Bank.  When  the  bank  moved  into  its  new  building  in 
191 1  deposits  were  $19,000,000.  To-day  they  are  over  $60,000,000.  In  191 1,  the 
bond  sales  for  the  western  territory  alone  were  $60,000,000.  They  are  now  be- 
tween $100,000,000  and  $175,000,000  annually.  In  191 1,  the  Harris  Trust  and 
Savings  Bank  employed  160  persons;  to-day  more  than  500.  In  191 1,  the  bank  had 
7,500  depositors;  to-day  more  than  45,000.  Bond  customers  in  the  same  time  have 
more  than  tripled  and  funds  and  securities  in  the  custody  of  the  trust  department 
have  increased  from  $50,000,000  to  more   than  $350,000,000. 

In  19 1 6,  a  profit-sharing  plan  was  inaugurated  whereby  every  employe  of  the 
bank  of  three  years  or  longer  service  shares  in  the  profits  of  the  bank  before 
dividends  are  paid.  This  plan  has  proved  so  profitable  to  the  employes  that  many 
persons  have  sought  positions  with  the  bank  because  of  the  plan. 

The  management  of  the  bank  has  always  been  in  the  hands  of  men  who  started 
near  the  bottom  and  grew  with  the  business.  Mr.  Fenton,  the  president,  entered 
the  employ  of  N.  W.  Harris  and  Company,  July  15,  1895,  at  a  salary  of  $6.00  a 
week.  Subsequently  he  was  promoted  to  filing  clerk,  teller,  bond  salesman,  treasurer, 
vice-president  and  president.  The  other  principal  officers  have  had  similar  promo- 
tions  from  inconspicuous  beginnings. 


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S.  W.  STRAUS   &   COMPANY 


THE  towering  structures  in  Chicago'  and  New  York  that  house 
the  principal  offices  of  S.  W.  Straus  &  Company  are  in  themselves 
sufficient  testimony  to  the  success  of  the  firm  and  the  wisdom  of  its  found- 
ers, but  more  pride,  perhaps,  is  taken  within  the  organization  in  the  fact 
that  in  the  forty-three  years  S.  W.  Straus  &  Company  have  been  in  busi- 
ness, and  during  which  time  millions  of  dollars  in  investment  securities 
have  been  sold  the  public,  not  a  dollar  of  principal  or  interest  has  ever 
been  lost  by  an  investor  in  a  Straus  bond,  a  record  almost  unparalleled  in 
the  investment  security  business. 

The  firm  of  S.  W.  Straus  &  Company  had  its  real  beginnings  in  a 
country  bank  founded  in  Ligonier,  Indiana,  in  1869,  by  Frederick  Wil- 
liam Straus.  The  bank  in  Ligonier  prospered  but  Mr.  Straus  felt  that 
the  opportunities  there  were  too  limited,  and  in  1882,  he  disposed  of  the 
Ligonier  bank  and  moved  to  Chicago,  where  he  opened  a  mortgage  loan 
office  in  the  old  Sherman  House  at  the  corner  of  Clark  and  Randolph 
Streets. 

The  business  expanded  rapidly,  and  in   1886,  moved  to  new  quarters 
at  175  Washington  Street.      Shortly  after,  the  founder's  eldest  son,  Simon 
William  Straus,  entered  the  business.     Two  years  later  the  company  had  outgrown  the  Washington 
Street  office  and  moved  to  128  North  La  Salle  Street. 

In  1895,  the  firm  moved  to  offices  in  the  Chicago  Stock  Exchange  Building,  and  in  1910,  the 
building  at  the  Northwest  corner  of  Clark  and  Madison  Streets  was  acquired  and  the  company 
moved  there. 

Frederick  William  Straus  died  in  February,  1898,  and  Simon  William  Straus,  the  eldest  son, 
succeeded  him  as  senior  member  of  the  firm.  Two  years  later  Samuel  Jones  Tilden  Straus,  the 
second  son,  joined  the  firm. 

Under  the  leadership  of  S.  W.  Straus  and  S.  J.  T  Straus,  the  business  grew  rapidly  and  was 
incorporated  in  1905.  In  1912,  the  importance  of  the  business  made  it  necessary  to  establish  it  on 
a  national  basis  and  an  office  was  opened  in  New  York  at  One  Wall  Street.  This  office  was  im- 
mediately successful  and  soon  developed  a  volume  of  business  rivaling  that  of  the  Chicago  office. 
In  191 6,  the  New  York  office  moved  to  150  Broadway,  where  it  occupied  several  floors,  and  in 
1921,  the  Northeast  corner  of  Fifth  Avenue  and  Forty-sixth  Street — one  of  the  finest  corners  in 
New  York — was  acquired  and  a  building  known  as  "The  Straus  Building"  was  erected  thereon. 
In   1 91 2,  Arthur  W.  Straus  joined  the  firm,  and  in   1913,  he  was  elected  a  vice-president. 

During  the  years  following  1912,  branch  offices  were  opened  in  other  cities  in  order  to  give 
better  service  to  the  growing  clientele  of  S.  W.  Straus  &  Company.  The  first  of  these  was  opened 
in  Detroit  in  1914.  Then  in  succession  followed  branch  offices  at  Minneapolis,  San  Francisco, 
Boston,  Philadelphia,  Buffalo,  Pittsburgh,  Cleveland,  Indianapolis,  Los  Angeles,  Milwaukee,  St. 
Louis   and   other  cities. 

During  the  same  period,  the  lending  operations  of  the  company  were  extended  to  practically 
all  the  principal  cities  of  the  country,  from  coast  to  coast.  Originally  founded  as  a  mortgage  busi- 
ness, S.  W.  Straus  &  Company  have  been  responsible  for  numerous  changes  and  improvements  in 
the  form  of  mortgage  securities.  Shortly  after  the  death  of  the  founder,  the  plan  was  devised  of 
splitting  up  real  estate  mortgages  into  a  series  of  bonds.  The  idea  became  immediately  popular 
and  the  bond  and  mortgage  divisions  of  the  business  developed  side  by  side.  Eventually,  owing  to 
the  great  popularity  which  was  gained  by  first  mortgage  real  estate  bonds,  the  old  business  in  un- 
divided mortgages  was  abandoned.  The  company  has  developed  a  special  system  of  safeguards 
widely  known  as  "The  Straus  Plan"  which  has  resulted  in  an  unblemished  record  of  safety  for  the 
securities  which  have  been  sold. 

In  1923  and  1924,  the  company  outgrew  the  old  Straus  Building  at  Clark  and  Madison 
Streets,  Chicago,  and  erected  at  the  corner  of  Michigan  and  Jackson  Boulevards,  one  of  the  finest 
office  buildings  in  the  United  States,  now  known  as  The  Straus  Building,  a  part  of  which  is  oc- 
cupied by  S.  W.   Straus  &  Company. 


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Utility  Securities  Qompany 

Utility  Securities  Company,  72  West  Adams  Street,  Chicago, 
originated  in  191 9  as  the  Investment  Department  of  the  Common- 
wealth Edison  Company,  Public  Service  Company  of  Northern  Illinois 
and  the  Middle  West  Utilities  Company.  In  January,  1922,  the 
department  was  incorporated  as  the  Utility  Securities  Company.  This 
company  now  represents  public  service  companies  in  twenty  states  of 
the  Union  serving  an  estimated  population  of  8,000,000,  and  with 
gross  earnings  in    1924  of  more  than  $185,000,000. 

Originally  organized  for  the  purpose  of  distributing  junior  secur- 
ities of  public  service  companies  direct  to  their  customers,  and  having 
continued  the  policy  of  distributing  principally  to  small  investors,  the 
expansion  of  the  Utility  Securities  Company  has  in  many  ways  paralleled  the  growth  of  the  Custo- 
mer-Ownership movement.  To-day  its  list  of  customers  numbers  over  100,000,  most  of  them  men 
and  women  of  average  means. 

Approximately  fifty  per  cent,  of  its  customers  invest  through  the  Monthly  Savings  Plan,  de- 
positing a  small  sum  monthly  until  their  securities  are  paid  for.  Liberal  interest  is  allowed  on 
payments.     Open  accounts  on  the  books  of  the  company  sometimes  run  as  high  as  37,000. 

The  company's  capital  and  surplus  total  more   than   $1,000,000. 

As  befits  a  house  of  its  size  and  importance,  the  Utility  Securities  Company  has  developed  com- 
plete facilities  for  serving  utility  investors.  It  maintains  a  staff  of  over  150  salesmen  and  women; 
other  employes  bring  the  total  to  350.  Branch  offices  are  located  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Milwaukee, 
Wis.;  Louisville,  Ky. ;  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  and  resident  representatives  are  located  in  many  commu- 
nities in  northern  Illinois  and  northern  Indiana.  Chicago  investors  are  accommodated  at  the  main 
office   in   the   Edison   Building   and   in    a   north   side  office  at  4568  Broadway. 

A  Women's  Department  is  maintained,  as  more  than  one-third  of  the  company's  custo- 
mers are  women.  This  department  serves  its  clients  not  only  in  matters  of  investment,  but  in 
many   cases   gives   personal   advice   as   to   thrift   plans,  budgeting  private  and  household  expense,  etc. 


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^Altorfer  ^Brothers  Qompany 


ILAS  H.  ALTORFER,  president  of  Altorfer  Brothers  Company,  and  one  of  the  largest  manu- 
facturers of  electric  and  power  washing  machines  in  the  United  States,  is  known  in  the  wash- 
ing machine  world  as  a  man  who  began  at  the  bottom,  learned  every  process  and  step  in  the 
business,  and  not  only  kept  pace  with  a  rapidly  growing  industry  but  actually  set  the  pace 
himself. 

Mr.  Altorfer  left  the  farm  at  the  age  of  sixteen  after  having  convinced  himself  that  his  future  lay 
in  a  field  where  machinery  and  mechanics  were  conspicuous.  At  that  time  there  was  comparatively  little 
machinery  on  the  farm  except  plows,  harrows,  cultivators,  mowers,  binders  and  possibly  a  corn  sheller. 
He  was  mechanically  inclined  and  wanted  to  devote  his  ambition  and  energy  to  some  mechanical  work.  For 
five  years  he  was  a  tinner  and  during  this  time  began  to  wonder  if  metal  could  not  be  used  instead  of 
wood  in  wash  tubs.  After  working  as  a  tinner  five  years  he  became  a  plumber  and  continued  his  mechan- 
ical studies  and  experiments.  After  his  day's  work  was  over  he  extended  his  experiments  with  washing 
machines  and  during  this  period  decided  that  power  washing  machines  should  be  developed  to  relieve  the 
housewife  of  much  of  her  arduous  labors.  With  his  knowledge  of  the  tinner  and  plumbing  trades  and 
with   his   natural   aptitude    for   mechanics   he   developed  one  of  the  first  power  washers  in  the  United  States. 

With  the  development  of  this  machine,  now  considered  somewhat  crude  although  then  it  was  con- 
sidered a  masterpiece,  Mr.  Altorfer  quit  work  as  a  plumber  and  devoted  all  of  his  time  to  making  washers. 
The  Altorfer  Brothers  Company  resulted  and  when  it  was  incorporated  in  1916  he  became  president,  re- 
taining that  position  continuously  ever  since. 

The  power  washer  made  possible  the  electric  washer  and  the  A.  B.  C.  Electric  Washer,  now  known  all 
over  the  world,  became  a  reality.  The  power  washers,  however,  are  also  being  made  although  the  big  bulk 
of  the  business  is  in  electric  washers. 

The  A.  B.  C.  plant,  erected  in  East  Peoria  and  later  enlarged  to  meet  a  growing  business,  is  one  of 
the  model  manufacturing  plants  of  the  state.  It  is  one  of  Peoria's  largest  manufactories  and  manufactures 
products  which  carry  the  name  of  Peoria  into  every  corner  of  the  world. 

Mr.  Altorfer  was  born  in  Roanoke,  Illinois,  and  it  was  in  that  city  that  he  received  his  schooling,  learned 
his  two  trades  and  made  his  first  washing  machines.  His  parents  were  Henry  Altorfer  and  Cynthia  Wey- 
eneth  Altorfer.  In  Roanoke  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Elizabeth  Sauder,  July  4,  1909.  There  are 
three  children  :     Katnerine,  John  and  Edward. 

Aside  from  being  president  of  Altorfer  Brothers  Company,  Mr.  Altorfer  is  treasurer  of  the  Galvin 
Motor  Company  of  St.  Louis.  He  is  active  in  business  and  manufacturing  associations  of  various  kinds 
and  is  looked  upon  as  one  of  the  most  successful  business  men  in  the  community. 

Mr.  Altorfer's  business  office  is  at  the  Altorfer  Brothers  Company  Building  in  East  Peoria  and  his 
residence  is  at  200  West  McClure  Avenue,  Peoria. 


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"The  Giant  of  the  Illinois" 

How  One  of  the  Nation's  Greatest  Electric  Power  Plants  is  Being 

Built  on  the  Banks  of  the  Illinois  River  at  East  Peoria,  to 

Serve  Users  of  Central  Illinois  Light  Co.'s  Service 


MUCH  of  the  industrial  and  commercial  success  of  Peoria  may  be  attributed  to  the  electric 
power  and  light  facilities  which  this  city  has  had.  But  these  facilities  have  recently  been  so 
greatly  enlarged  by  the  construction  and  operation  of  a  gigantic  electric  power  plant  directly  across 
the  Illinois  River  from  Peoria  that  Peoria  and  Central  Illinois  now  have  electric  service  which 
is  not  surpassed  in  any  part  of  the  United  States. 

The  Central  Illinois  Light  Company  is  responsible  for  this  "Giant  of  the  Illinois"  which 
will  shortly  be  in  operation  and  which  is  not  only  one  of  the  largest  electric  plants  in  the  coun- 
try but  one  of  the  most  efficient. 

The  first  two  units  of  the  big  power  plant  have  been  installed  and  the  plant  is  the  marvel  of 
the  community.  These  units  total  60,000  horsepower  and  when  the  entire  plant  is  completed  it 
will  have  a  capacity  of  150,000  horsepower.  Electricity  from  this  superplant  will  serve  not  only 
Peoria  but  more  than  fifty  other  flourishing  Central  Illinois  communities  in   Central  Illinois. 

The  complete  plant  will  pump  12,000,000  gallons  of  water  an  hour,  or  more  than  Peoria  uses 
in  the  entire  24  hours.  This  water  is  used  for  condensing  the  steam  after  it  goes  from  the  boilers 
through  the  turbines.  The  plant  will  burn  a  ton  of  coal  a  minute.  The  boilers  carry  a  pressure 
of   350  pounds  per  square  inch.     Twelve   tons  of  water  are  turned  to  steam  every  minute. 

The  Central  Illinois  Light  Company,  aside  from  being  responsible  for  this  mighty  plant  which 
will  represent  an  investment  of  $4,000,000  when  completed,  has  spent  approximately  $900,000  in 
1924  for  lines,  mains,  meters  and  equipment  to  care  for  the  growing  needs  of  Peoria  and  vicinity. 
Part  of  the  company's  financing  is  done  through  the  sale  of  its  preferred  shares  to  its  customers. 

CENTRAL  ILLINOIS  LIGHT  COMPANY  PREFERRED  SHARES  PAY  6.48% 

TJX  FREE  HERE 

INVEST  NOW  FOR  MORE  INCOME 


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I — Portion   of  McKinley  Brid$. 
Horse  Power  Freight  Locomotive. 


'  Across  Mississippi  River  at  St.  Louis,  Looking  East.    2 — One  Thousand 
3 — Capitol  Limited,  Train  No.  95,  Southbound — Springfield  Station. 


ILLINOIS'  LARGEST  ELECTRIC  RAILWAY 

A  story  of  Illinois  and  its  builders  would  not  be  complete  without  reference  to  the  Illinois  Traction 
System,  the  largest  electric  railway  in  the  Middle  West  from  the  standpoint  of  mileage  and  one  of  the 
most    highly    developed    electric    carriers    in    the    United   States. 

The  Main  Division  of  the  Illinois  Traction  System  serves  the  central  portion  of  the  state  with 
passenger  and  freight  service  connecting  St.  Louis  on  the  south,  with  Peoria  on  the  north  and  Danville  on 
the  east.  The  Illinois  Valley  Division  serves  the  territory  in  the  Illinois  river  valley  from  Joliet  on  the 
east  to  Bureau  and   Princeton  on  the  west.     The  total  trackage  of  the  railway  exceeds  five  hundred  miles. 

This  electric  railway  is  a  standard  carrier  of  both  freight  and  passengers  and  is  responsible  to  a  great 
extent  for  the  development  of  the  industrial  and  agricultural  territory  through  which  its  lines  have  been 
built. 

In  addition  to  fast  and  frequent  passenger  trains,  the  Illinois  Traction  System  has  introduced  many 
refinements  and  innovations  in  its  passenger  service  that  have  brought  it  more  than  ordinary  attention  in 
the  transportation  world.  It  was  the  first  electric  railway  to  introduce  sleeping  car  service  and  was  one 
of  the  first  electric  carriers  to  offer  its  patrons  the  added  comfort  of  parlor  car  coaches  and  fast  trains  with 
chair  compartments. 

Freight  is  transported  by  the  Illinois  Traction  System  the  same  as  on  any  standard  railroad.  This 
railway  has  track  connections  and  joint  through-freight  rates  with  practically  every  steam  carrier  and  its 
equipment  is  standard  throughout  and  freely  interchanged  with  all  railway  systems.  Terminal  facilities 
and  exchange  relations  with  other  railways  are  such  that  shipments  are  accepted  to  and  from  any  point 
in  the  United   States  via  Illinois  Traction   System. 

St.  Louis,  the  largest  terminal  reached  by  these  lines,  is  entered  by  the  Illinois  Traction  System  over 
its  own  bridge  across  the  Mississippi  River  which  gives  this  railway  an  independent  entrance  into  the 
Missouri   metropolis. 

The  Illinois  Traction  System  is  a  part  of  the  group  of  public  utility  properties  owned  and  operated  by 
the  Illinois   Power  and  Light  Corporation. 


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Illinois  'Power  and  J^ight  (Corporation 

HE  industrial  progress  of  368  Illinois  communities  is  so  interwoven  with  one  or  more 
of  the  Public  Utility  Services  furnished  by  Illinois  Power  and  Light  Corporation  that 
the  future  of  the  state  and  of  the  company  are  one  and  the  same.  This  organiza- 
tion adequately  financed,  of  impeccable  business  integrity  and  with  tremendous  re- 
sources, furnishes  one  or  more  such  essential  services  as  light,  power,  gas,  water,  ice, 
freight  or  passenger  transportation  to  such  important  cities  as  Decatur,  Danville,  Urbana,  Bloom- 
ington,  Champaign,  Galesburg,  Belleville,  Cairo,  Peoria,  East  St.  Louis,  Centralia,  Clinton,  Jack- 
sonville, La  Salle,  Venice,  Madison  and  Granite  City.  Illinois  Power  and  Light  Corporation  is 
part  and  parcel  of  the  industrial  life  of  Illinois. 

The  company's  business  field  embraces  the  state's  richest  agricultural  sections,  its  most  impor- 
tant coal  areas  and  more  than  half  the  Illinois  cities  of  10,000  population  or  more  outside  of  Cook 
County. 

Though  one  of  the  larger  operating  utilities  in  the  United  States,  the  company  never  has  been 
content  with  mere  size.  On  the  contrary,  its  executives  have  always  sought  to  keep  a  step  ahead 
of  the  rapid  improvement  and  development  which  characterizes  public  utilities  in  the  United 
States.  They  have  held  closely  to  certain  ideals  of  American  business  life  which  dictate  constant 
betterment  and  greater  economy,  as  the  means  for   either   becomes   apparent. 

Subsidiaries  of  Illinois  Power  and  Light  Corporation  operate  in  those  districts  in  Iowa  which 
center  about  Des  Moines,  the  state's  largest  city,  and  about  Topeka,  the  capital  and  principal  city 
of  Kansas. 

A  daily  capacity  of  nearly  a  half  million  electric  horse  power  and  20,000,000  cubic  feet  of 
artificial   gas  provides   adequate   service  to   its  customers. 

In  1924,  its  turbines  generated  476,594,000  KW  of  electricity,  which  was  distributed  through 
210,010  electric  meters.  Its  gas  plants  manufactured  2,390,394,000  cubic  feet  of  gas,  which  was 
distributed    through    74,368   gas   meters. 

Central  plants,  built  at  strategic  points,  interconnected  by  high  power  transmission  lines  into 
a  system  which  extends  with  a  short  break  from  Cairo  on  the  south  to  Joliet  on  the  north,  make 
possible  a  steady  Sow  of  current  for  power  and  lighting  uses,  so  dependable  that  the  million  and 
a  quarter  citizens  in  its  consumer  public  have  come  to  accept  the  company  and  its  symbol  as 
representative  of  the  highest  type  of  public  utility  service. 

Engineering  research  laboratories  are  maintained,  in  which  every  gas  and  electrical  appliance 
is  tested  carefully  before  being  offered  to  customers,  thus  making  possible  rigid  guarantees  which 
in  every  way  are  fully  protective. 

Gas  and  electrical  appliances  marketed  through  the  company  must  pass  the  most  exacting  tests 
before  the  company's  service  symbol  is  placed  on   them. 

The  men  and  women  who  comprise  Illinois  Power  and  Light  Corporation's  organization  have 
been  picked  with  the  care  possible  only  to  a  company  of  equal  resources,  and  are  not  content  with 
the  narrow  sphere  of  duties  contemplated  merely  by  business  employment.  Instead,  they  are  of 
that  type  which  enters  actively  into  community  welfare  work,  progressive  industrial  activities  and 
those  larger  fields  of  citizenship  which  look  to  advancement  in  commercial,  educational  and  cul- 
tural life. 

The  company  realizes  its  own  development  is  inseparable  from  the  development  of  the  cities, 
towns   and   villages   it   serves,    and   it   seeks   truly  to  "profit  most  by  serving  best." 

One  of  the  results  of  its  widespread  organization  and  its  interconnected  power  plants,  is  an 
economy   of    operation    impossible   under   any   other  system. 

Its  service  is  complete  and  self-contained,  from  the  digging  of  coal  in  its  own  mines  to  the 
glow  of  gas  or  electric  light  in  the  home,  or  the  whir  of  the  motor  in  the  mill. 

Nearly  20,000  stockholders,  most  of  whom  are  citizens  of  Illinois,  have  found  in  Illinois 
Power  and  Light  Corporation's  securities  that  safety  of  principal  and  surety  of  dividends  sought  so' 
constantly   by  wise   and   careful   investors.     About  four  out  of  five  of  its  employes  are  stockholders. 

The  capitalization  of  Illinois  Power  and  Light  Corporation  and  its  affiliates  is  approximately 
$185,000,000. 

The  company's  public  relations  have  been  marked  by  a  sense  of  fairness  on  the  part  both 
of  company  and  public,  a  just  estimate  of  the  rights  of  each  and  a  mutual  understanding  which 
has  become  the  basis  for  enthusiastic  co-operation  in  the  extension  of  service  facilities.  The  com- 
pany's oval  service  symbol  has  come  to  mean  to  the  public  what  sterling  means  on  silver — a  high 
esteem  prized  and  guarded  jealously  by  the  organization  as  a  whole. 


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i — Power  and  Gas  Plant,  Galcsburg,  Illinois.    2 — Electric  Power  Plant,  Champaign,  Illinois.    3 — Power 
Plant  and  Cooling  Pond,  Bloomington,  Illinois. 


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COMMERCIAL  NATIONAL  BANK 


(§ 


NE  of  the  solid  rocks  of  reliability  upon  which  Peoria's  reputation  as  a  center  of  finance  is  founded,  is  The  Com- 
mercial National  Bank,  the  largest  banking  institution  in  Central  Illinois.  It  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  most 
rapidly  expanding  concerns  in  the  entire  State.  Its  business  system  includes  practically  every  department  of  invest- 
ment,   credit    and    finance    and    is    as    efficient    and    complete   as    that    of    the    largest    banks    of    the    nation. 

On  January  13th,  1885,  the  private  banking  house  of  Callender  Ayres  and  Company  was  re-organized  as  The  Com- 
mercial National  Bank,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $200,000.00.  Its  first  officers  were  Eliot  Callender,  president,  and  Henry 
P.  Ayres,  vice-president  and  cashier.  Two  years  later  Gardner  T.  Barker  was  elected  to  the  presidency.  Mr.  Ayres  oc- 
cupied the  position  of  cashier  only  until  April  1,  1885,  when  he  resigned  on  account  of  ill  health.  Henry  B.  Dix 
held    the    office    from    that    date    until    his    death    in    1899,    when   he   was   succeeded   by   Homer   W.    McCoy. 

In  October,  1894,  the  president,  Gardner  T.  Barker,  was  called  by  death.  His  son,  Walter  Barker,  a  man  of  re- 
markable financial  intuition,  then  vice-president,  was  chosen  to  fill  the  vacant  executive  chair  and  John  L.  Flinn  became 
vice-president.  In  1901,  Homer  W.  McCoy  resigned  as  cashier;  he  was  succeeded  by  Elwood  A.  Cole  with  William  Haz- 
zard    as    assistant    cashier.      At    this    time,    the    capital    stock    of  the  bank   was   $200,000   with   a   surplus    of   $100,000. 

The  death  of  Mr.  Walter  Barker  occurred  in  19 14.  John  Finley,  at  that  time  vice-president,  a  man  of  unusual  capac- 
ity and  a  banker  of  uncommon  ability,  became  president.  After  a  period  of  eight  fruitful  years  in  the  presidency,  Mr. 
Finley  died.  Mr.  J.  Wachenheimer,  his  successor  in  the  vice-presidency,  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  popular  and 
capable  of  the  business  men  of  the  city,  then  became  president  and  was  succeeded  in  the  vice-presidency  by  Mr.  Wil- 
liam Hazzard,  who  had  been  cashier  of  the  bank  since  191 1  and  connected  with  it  since  1889.  Under  the  guidance  of 
directors,  who  are  representative  of  the  highest  business  and  professional  life  of  the  city,  the  success  of  the  bank  has 
continued    without     interruption,    and     it    occupies     an    assured  place   among   the    staunch    financial    institutions    of   Illinois. 

In  May,  1922,  the  bank  purchased  the  Schradzki  Building  at  the  northwest  corner  of  Adams  and  Liberty  Streets, 
and  is  now  engaged  in  the  erection  on  this  site  of  a  combined  office  and  bank  building  which  it  expects  to  occupy  in 
the  autumn  of  1925.  The  new  building  will  be  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  impressive  structures  in  the  city,  and 
with    its   occupancy    will    begin    a    new   chapter    in    the    story    of  the    success    of    the    institution. 

At  the  present  time,  the  capital  stock  of  the  bank  is  $750,000  with  a  surplus  fund  of  $1,400,000,  undivided  profits 
of  $257,977.98,  a  circulation  fund  of  $550,000  and  deposits  amounting  to  $7,558,232.58.  The  present  board  of  directors 
includes:  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Barker,  M.  S.  Cremer,  Paul  E.  Herschel,  Sr.,  G.  DeF.  Kinney,  Arthur  Lehmann,  William  G. 
McRoberts,  Walter  Puterbaugh,  Frank  J.  Quinn,  Sol  C.  Salzenstein,  J.  Wachenheimer,  William  B.  Woolner  and  William 
Hazzard. 


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Haag  brothers  Qompany 


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'EORGE  A.  and  Albeit  R.  Haag,  owners  of  the  Haag  Brothers  Company,  and  inventors  of  the  electric  and 
power  washers  which  have  such  an  extensive  sale  all  over  the  country,  are  twin  brothers  and  were  born 
in  Rock  Falls,  Illinois,  March  3,  1879.  They  attended  school  in  their  native  city,  but  when  their  father  died 
they  were  compelled  to  stop  their  school  work  in  order  to  aid  their  mother  in' supporting  the  large  family. 
The  two  brothers  worked  at  odd  jobs  and  finally  decided  upon  learning  the  blacksmith  trade.  They 
served  the  regular  apprenticeship  at  this  trade  and  came  to  Peoria,  when  they  were  still  young  men,  so  as  to 
have   better    opportunities    to    broaden   out    in    mechanical    work. 

When  the  brothers  were  in  their  early  teen  age,  they  promised  their  mother  that  some  day  they  would  do  something 
to  make  work  lighter  for  the  women  in  the  home.  They  had  seen  their  mother  work  hard  all  day  and  sometimes  into 
the  night  to  keep  the  house  in  order  and  to  take  care  of  the  arduous  work  of  the  home.  In  1910,  they  decided  that 
a  power  washer  would  be  a  godsend  to  mothers  the  nation  over,  so  they  spent  their  odd  hours  developing  such  a 
washer.  They  built  one  washer  which  could  be  operated  either  by  a  gasoline  engine  or  by  tractor  power  and  realized 
that  this  washer  could  be  developed  for  sale  on  farms  where  gasoline  engines  or  tractors  were  coming  into  general  use. 
But  the  washer  was  not  yet  perfected  enough  to  suit  the  two  skilled  mechanics  so  they  started  on  a  second  one,  add- 
ing a  number  of  improvements.  When  the  second  machine  was  finished,  the  brothers  decided  to  manufacture  them  for 
the    trade. 

They  rented  the  corner  of  a  small  building  at  812-16  North  Commercial  Street,  Peoria,  the  building  which  was  oc- 
cupied by  the  Western  Stove  Works,  and  it  was  there  that  the  first  washers  were  made.  Later  the  brothers  decided 
that  in  order  to  build  a  washer  which  would  be  popular  with  city  people  as  well  as  country  people  they  should  develop 
one  operated  by  an  electric  motor.  As  soon  as  the  electric-driven  washer  was  placed  on  the  market  the  firm  of  Haag 
Brothers  was  swamped  with  orders.  Larger  quarters  were  needed  and  the  entire  main  floor  of  the  building  was  rented, 
additional  machinery  installed  and  more  help  added.  In  a  few  months,  this  space  was  inadequate  and  the  whole  two- 
story  building  was  taken  over.  But  even  this  space  was  inadequate  and  by  1918,  the  two  inventors  began  to  look 
around  for  a  site  on  which  they  could  build  their  own  factory  and  make  provisions  for  future  enlargements.  In  the 
spring  of  1919,  they  purchased  a  site  in  East  Peoria  and  on  this  site,  they  erected  a  $200,000  manufacturing  plant, 
which  now  serves  as  a  great  monument  to  the  inventive  and  business  genius  of  the  two  men  who  had  developed  from 
blacksmiths    into    leaders    in    the    power    and    electric    washer  industry    of   the   country. 

The  Haag  factory  is  a  model  of  efficiency  as  well  as  of  beauty  and  utility.  Surrounded  by  foliage  trees,  blooming 
shrubs  and  flowers,  it  is  a  place  of  beauty.  This  factory  has  demonstrated  that  a  plant  which  is  thoroughly  efficient  as 
a  manufacturing  concern  can  at  the  same  time  be  beautiful  and  give  employes  and  employers  the  advantages  of  every 
comfort    and    convenience. 

The  Haag  Brothers  have  not  stopped  manual  work  and  they  have  not  stopped  their  experiments  and  their  develop- 
ments. Every  day  they  work  in  the  shop,  perfecting  some  new  device,  developing  some  new  principle,  or  working  out 
some  additional  labor  saver  for  the  housewife — for  they  promised  their  good  mother,  back  in  Rock  Falls,  that  they 
would  devote  their  energy  to  lightening  the  tasks  of  the  women  of  the  land.  There  is  probably  no  other  large  manu- 
facturing concern  in  the  country  which  is  personally  directed,  in  every  department,  by  the  developers  and  owners,  and 
which  manufactures  a  large  line  of  products  which  were  developed  even  to  the  most  minute  details,  by  the  geniuse* 
■who    direct    the    business    destiny   of    the    concern. 


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HOME  SAVINGS  &  STATE  BANK 

The  Home  Savings  &  State  Bank  dates  back  to  1892  when  it  was  founded  and  organized  by  Valentine 
Ulrich.  Mr.  Ulrich  was  an  oldtime  settler  of  Peoria,  having  come  here  in  1857.  For  a  time  he  worked 
as  a  clerk  in  a  store,  resigning  in  order  to  start  a  grocery  store  of  his  own.  This  business  grew  rapidly 
and   Mr.   Ulrich   entered  the  wholesale  grocery  business. 

About  1876  he  retired  from  business  and  intended  to  devote  his  time  and  attention  to  his  farm,  but 
he  was  prevailed  upon  to  accept  the  presidency  of  the  German  Banking  Company  which  was  then  one 
of  the  prominent  banks  of  the  city.  This  bank  was  later  reorganized  as  the  German-American  National 
Bank  and  he  was  its  first  president.  In  1892  he  resigned  in  order  to  organize  the  Home  Savings  &  State 
Bank  and  was  with   this   institution   until   his   death    in  1913  when  he  was  succeeded  by  Charles  E.  Ulrich. 

In  1918  Mr.  Charles  E.  Ulrich  accepted  the  office  of  president  of  the  Dime  Savings  and  Trust  Com- 
pany and  Henry  W.  Ulrich  was  elected  to  succeed  him  as  president  of  the  Home  Savings  &  State  Bank 
and  still  occupies  that  position.  Associated  with  him  are  Robert  V.  Ulrich,  vice-president ;  Frank  T. 
Miller,  vice-president;  Edward  C.  Leisy,  viceLpresident ;  who  with  F.  Lueder,  August  Pfeiffer  and  Emmet 
C.  May  form  the  board  of  directors.  Ray  J.  Belsley  is  cashier  and  secretary;  Edward  X.  Kneer  and 
John  Denzler,  assistant  cashiers;  Walter  S.  Speck,  assistant  secretary;  Joseph  L.  Kimmel,  auditor;  F. 
Lueder,  manager  of  safety  deposit  vaults. 

A  general  banking  business  is  carried  on  but  the  bank  specializes  more  particularly  as  a  savings  bank, 
loaning  its  funds  principally  on  real  estate  and  marketable  collateral.  Its  deposits  now  exceed  three  and 
one-half  million  dollars  and  the  bank  has  enjoyed  a   continual  growth   since  its  beginning. 


THOMAS  &  CLARKE  COMPANY 
Biscuit  and  Cracker  Manufacturers 

Peoria  boasts  one  of  the  largest  and  best  biscuit  and  cracker  companies  in  the  Middle  West,  a  company 
which  has  grown  steadily  and  rapidly  until  it  now  consumes  over  200  barrels  of  flour  daily. 

This  company  is  the  Thomas  &  Clarke  Company  which  began  business  in  1898  as  a  partnership  be- 
tween Albert  V.  Thomas  and  Robert  D.  Clarke.  In  December,  1902,  the  partnership  was  dissolved  and 
a  corporation  was  formed,   all  of  the  stock  being  sold  to  five  of  the  active  members. 

When  the  company  started  business  in  1898  a  day's  consumption  of  flour  was  about  fifteen  barrels. 
Last  year  the  company  used  over  65,000  barrels  of  flour,  700,000  pounds  of  hog  lard,  1,000,000  pounds  of 
cane  sugar  and  sixty-three  car  loads  of  shipping  boxes.  The  payroll  is  approximately  $11,000  a  week  and 
as  practically  all  of  the  employes  live  in  Peoria  and  own  homes  here  this  money  does  much  for  the  city. 
There  are  180  employes. 

Thomas  &  Clarke  crackers  and  biscuits  are  known  all  over  the  country  although,  naturally,  the  chief 
sale  is  in  Illinois.  From  the  first  the  company  has  insisted  upon  quality  products  only  and  to  this 
insistence    on    quality   is    attributed    much   of    the    high  reputation  which  the  company  has  achieved. 

In  191 1  and  1912  the  company  moved  into  a  new  plant,  large  and  strictly  sanitary  in  every  respect,  at 
Bridge  and  Water  Streets.  The  equipment  is  of  the  latest  type  and  the  company  is  in  a  position  to  com- 
pete with  any  and  all  manufacturers  of  crackers  and  biscuits. 

In  June,  1898,  H.  I.  Hardin  became  associated  with  the  company  and  since  the  death  of  Mr.  Thomas 
in  1921  has  been  president.     Mr.  Clarke  has  spent  most  of  his  time  since  1919  in  Los  Angeles. 


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The  Sefton  ^hCanufacturing  Qompany 

^^^^.  111-'.    SEFTON     Manufacturing    Corporation,    one    oi    the   largest    manufacturers   of   corrugated    nbreboard    products, 
^^^^^"^     folding    paper    boxes    and    paper    pails    in    the    United    States,    with    factories   in    (  liicago,    Brooklyn    and     \nderson, 
M     ,  ^^    [ndiana,    was    incorporated    under    the    laws    of    New    York,    Decembei    8,    1916,  uccessor   to   the   J.    W.    Sefton 

M  JB    Manufacturing    Company,    which    was    inc'orporati   I   in    [ndiana    in    [888. 

^^^^^r  The   business    was    founded   by   J.    W.    Sefton  and  J.   E.  Clenny,  and  in    1891,  O.   II.    Hicks  was  brought   into 

the    organization    through    the    purchase    of    the    (  hicago    Manila     Papei     Works       ["hi     presidencj     has    been    rilled 
as    follows:     .1.    W.    Sefton,     1888    to     [908;    O.     II.    Hicks,     [908    to    [918;    and    J.    E.    Clenny,    [918   to    1925. 

'I  In-  Sefton  Company  lias  not  onlj  been  a  pioneei  in  the  corrugated  nbreboard  industry,  but  has  maintained  from 
the  beginning  a  leading  position  in  the  development  of  the  container  business.  In  the  earlj  stages  of  the  industry, 
the  corrugated  container,  which  is  in  reality  a  kind  of  paper  box,  was  not  accepted  foi  freight  shipments.  The  shipper 
and  carrier  were  accustomed  to  the  heavy,  rigid  wooden  box  and  then-  conversion  to  the  light  resilient  container,  made 
of  corrugated  fibreboard,  was  a  slow  process.  In  this  development  the  Sefton  (  ompany  played  a  prominent  part  and 
made  a  genuine  contributii  n  to  the  whole  industry  bj  establishing  and  maintaining  the  highest  standards  of  quality;  so 
ilia!  to-daj  shippers  are  able  1  1  meet  the  railroads'  requirements  and  still  sa\e  for  themselves  the  substantial  difference 
in  freight  charges  due  to  theii  use  of  a  light  package.  And  the  public  interest  is  served  because  the  substitution  of 
fibreboard    for    wood    means    the    saving    of   lumber    and    the    conservati f  the  nation's    forests. 

'The  Sefton  Manufacturing  1  orporation  maintains  its  own  staff  of  artists  and  designers  and  is  prepared  not  onh 
to  manufacture  paper  boxes  but  to  devise  packages  thai  will  suit  the  needs  of  its  different  customers  needs  which  vary 
from  the  packing  of  Bibles  to  Beds  and  from  Kiddie  Kars  to  Kitchen  Kabinets — all  of  whom  agree  in  wanting  economy 
of    space    and    safe    delivery,    but    who,    beyond    these    points,    have   very   different    ideas   of  their   needs. 

The    Sefton     Company     has    consistently    maintained     its    record    as    one    of    the    largest    fabricators    in    the    country.     In 

[889,    its    sales    were    $37, In    recent    years,    sales    have    been   approximately    $6,000,000    annually.     The   company    now    has 

a  daily  capacity  of  500. duo  corrugated  containers,  nearly  3,000.011!)  folding  boxes  and  over  300,000  papei  pails,  .1  total 
of  over  one  billion  containers  a  year.  \w  average  year's  production  requires  [,oco  tons  of  different  kinds  of  paper 
each    « eek. 

The  splendid  growth  of  the  Sefton  Companj  lias  been  the  result  of  the  foresight  of  its  founders  and  the  reinvest 
ment  of  earnings  in  the  business,  although  much  can  be  credited  directly  to  the  excellent  spirit  of  co-operation  found 
among     its    employes,     many     of     whom     have     been     in     the     organization    over    twenty    years. 

The  company's  products  are  distributed  nationally  and  are  identified  by  the  Anchor  symbol,  by  which  the  company  is 
well     known     to     practically     all     manufacturers    and     the     largest   retailers. 

The  officers  at  the  present  time  are:  J.  W.  Sefton.  Jr.,  chairman  of  the  hoard;  Henry  I!,  (lark,  president;  Fletcher 
^^.  Durbin,  vice-president;  II.  II.  Wilson,  secretary  and  treasurer,  and  George  P.  Schmidt,  assistant  secretary  and  assist 
tout    treasurer. 

Directors  are:  Rush  ('.  Butler,  Henry  B.  (lark,  Fletcher  M.  Durbin,  W.  P.  Hicks,  Harry  Pratt  Indson,  William  L. 
Ross,    J.    W.     Sefton,    Jr..    and    W.    J.    Sharp. 


NORTHWESTERN  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY 

More  than  fifty  years  ago,  a  company  which  has  since  developed  into  the  largest  and  strongest  financial 
and  fiduciary  institution  in  the  United  States  outside  of  New  York  City,  adopted  as  its  corporate  emblem  a 
banyan  tree  with  the  motto  engraved  across  its  base,  "We  Spread  to  Protect."  To  those  not  entirely 
familiar  with  the  peculiar  characteristics  of  the  banyan  tree,  ii  may  be  explained  that  as  the  parent  trunk 
grows  it  throws  off  little  shoots  which  extend  to  the  ground  themselves,  there  take  root  and  become  parent 
trunks,  in  turn  throwing  out  shoots  which  also  ground  and  take  root.  In  this  way  the  tree  spreads — some- 
times to  enormous   and   unbelievable   proportions. 

The  company  which  adopted  this  emblem  is  a  life  insurance  company — The  Northwestern  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company  of  .Milwaukee,  Wisconsin, — and  this  emblem  has  been  symbolic  of  the  spreading  of  its 
protection  to  hundreds  of  thousands  of   families  all  over  this  country. 

A  mutual  life  insurance  company  of  great  size — and  the  North  western  is  one  of  the  big  four  of  its  kind 
in  the  world — must  necessarily  be  a  national  institution.  In  no  considerable  sense  can  it  be  purely  local, 
and  yet,  because  of  its  general  agency  system,  the  Northwestern  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  in  local- 
ities where  it  operates,  is  naturally  classed  in  the  public  mind  as  among  the  local  institutions.  In  Peoria 
this  company  has  maintained  a  general  agency  for  nearly  twenty  years  and  through  the  activities  and  pub- 
lic spirit  of  its  representatives  the  company  has  become  as  much  of  a  local  institution  as  many  of  those  which 
were   incorporated  under  the   laws  of   Illinois. 

The  Northwestern's  general  agent  of  Peoria  is  Ray  O.  Becker,  whose  offices  are  in  the  Dime  Savings 
and  Trust  Company  Building,  117-21  South  Jefferson  Avenue.  Mr.  Becker  not  only  lias  put  the  North- 
western prominently  to  the  front  in  Peoria,  but  he  himself  lias  been  prominent  in  local  business  and  social 
affairs. 


I'mii     Three    Hundred   and    Fifty-three 


HOTEL  JEFFERSON 


is  there 
meet  at 


HE  Hotel  Jefferson,  directed  by  Dennis 
McMahon,  manager,  is  one  of  the  show 
places  of  Peoria.  It  was  erected  in  1912,  has 
been  enlarged  since  that  time  and  will  be  en- 
larged again  in  order  to  meet  the  demands  of 
the  public. 

The  building  is  of  steel  construction,  with  re- 
inforced concrete  faced  with  brick.  More  than 
a  million  bricks  were  used  in  the  original  build- 
ing. The  Jefferson  and  Liberty  Street  fronts 
are  faced  with  gray  pressed  brick  and  the  mas- 
sive window  arches  are  of  Bedford  stone. 

The  interior  decorations  and  furnishings  are 
in  keeping  with  the  architectural  beauty  of  the 
structure.  The  lobby  is  specially  inviting.  The 
Palm  room,  Indian  room  and  Gold  room  have 
all  become  famous  for  the  meetings  and  banquets 
which  have  been  held  there.  The  Geld  room  on 
the  mezzanine  floor  has  been  headquarters  for 
more  conventions  than  any  other  room  in  Peoria. 
The  Hotel  Jefferson  is  in  many  respects  a 
center  for  the  business  activities  of  the  city.  It 
that  Peoria's  distinguished  guests  are  entertained.  Most  of  the  men's  service  clubs 
The  Jefferson,   and   many  of   the   brilliant  society  events  of  the  year  are  held   there. 


Hotel  Jefferson 


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INDEX 


Allen,  Lawrence  T 

Allen,  William  Marshall.  . 
Altorfer  Brothers  Compani 
Andreen,  Gustav  Albert   .    . 

Arnold,  Joh  N  J  4COB 

Avery,  Frederick  H 


Page 

33 1 
209 
345 
298 

141 
228 


B 

Backes,  Walter  Peter 242 

Baker,  Alfred  Landon 141 

Baker,  M.  M 192 

Baldwin,  Eugene  F 191 

Ballance,  Willis  H 217 

Banks,  Alexander  F 58 

Barber,  John  A 277 

Barker,  Walter 194,  195 

Bartholf,  Herbert  Bullock 283 

Bartson,  Charles  F 241 

Bates,  Harry 232 

Bum,  William  Franklin 329 

Beasley.  Alfred  W 229 

Behrman,  Carl  Martin 232 

Bennett,  James  Ewing 86 

Bensinger,  Benjamin  E 91 

Bethard,  Douglas  H 232 

Bierd,  William  Grant 74 

Black,  Wallace  John 218 

Blair,  Francis  G 281 

Blair,  Henry  Augustus 80 

Block,  Leopold  E 143 

Block,  Philip  Dee 143 

Board  of  Managers,  The  Peoria  Evening  Star  .  207 

Boatner,  Victor  Y 197 

Borden,  John 40,41 

Boyd,  Tullie  Van,  M.  D 309 

Brady,  John  C 313 

Brewer,  Frederick  A 89 

Brister,  Charles  James 93 

Britigan,  William  Henry 82,  S3 

Brokaw,  Raymond  Voorhees,  M.  D 276 

Brown,  Edward  Eagle 144 

Brown,  Eugene 243 

Brundage,  Edward  Jackson 145 

Bryant,  John  Jay,  Jr 92 

Buchanan,  DeWitt  W 88 

Buck,  Nelson  L 87 

Budd,  Britton  Ihrie 59 

Buffington,  Eugene  Jackson 36,37 

Bullard,  S.  A 285 

Burley,  Clarence  Augustus 144 

Burton,  Frederic  Arthur 90 

Butler,  Rush  Clark 145 


C 

C  \  ll,  S.  Leigh 

Cannon,  Joseph  (I 

Carlson,  Mar  tin  R 

Carolan, Joseph  Penn     

Carr,  George  Ri  sseli 

Carr,  Robert  Franklin 73 

Carry,  Edward  Francis 57 

Causey,  Walter  G 228 

Central  Illinois  Lighi  Company 346 

Champion,  Edwin  V 233 

Chandler,  Reuben  Grigsby 94 

Chassei.l,  Edward  David 146 

Chicago  Mill  and  Lumber  Company,  The      .    51,  52,  53 

Chicago — The  Great  Central  Market 21-29 

Clay,  John 72 

Clement,  Curtis  and  Company 341 

Clinch,  R.  Floyd 95 

Cody,  Thomas  Joseph 233 

Coleman, John  Robert    233 

Commercial  National  Bank 350 

Cook,  Silas 310 

Covey,  Ira  Jenner 232 

Crawford,  Charles  L 233 

Cremer,  Mathias  Severein 218 

Crozier,  Ray 201 

D 

Dailey,  Senator  John 209 

Dale,  John  W 328 

Dallas,  Charles  Donald 147 

Danville — and  Eastern  Illinois 315,316 

Davis,  PaulH 97 

Day,  Warren  W 219 

Day,  William  H 234 

Deal,  Don,  M.  D 275 

Dean,  J.  Clarke 14/ 

Deirees,  Joseph  Holton 148 

Dixon,  William  C,  M.  D 333 

Dooley,  James  B 202 

Dougherty,  John  E 234 

Downey,  Reverend  James 308 

Doyle,  Cornelius  J 277 

Doyle,  Edward  J 98 

Drake,  John  B 56 

Drake,  Tracy  Corey 56 

Di  \n,  Frank  K 26/ 

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East  St.  Louis—  The  Huh  of  the  Nation.    .    .    .     303,304 

Eastern  Illinois  and  Danville 315,316 

Eastman,  Robert  M 54,  Si 

Eckhart,  Bernard  A 99 

Eckstein,  Louis  and  Ravinia 81 

Emerich,  Melvin  Lloyd 100 

Emerson,  Frank  Nelson 244 

Evans,  J.  Clyde 284 


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Farrington,  Roger  Franklin 274 

Faulkner,  John  J 312 

Fekete,  Thomas  L 312 

Fin  ley,  William  Henry 50 

Fischer,  Chester  0 234 

Fithian,  William  E 334 

Flatt,  Truman  L 286 

Fi.orsheim,  Leonard  S 102 

Florsheim,  Milton  S 105 

Foreman,  Harold  E 101 

Frankel,  Albert  B 311 

Frankel,  Harry  A 219 

Frederick,  Roscoe  Charles 234 

Freeman,  Roy  C 333 

Friedmeyer,  John  G 282 

Fullenwider,  H.  Ernest 281 

G 

Galbraith,  Ernest  John 235 

Gardiner,  Sydney 104 

Gauss,  Louis  J 235 

George,  John  E 272 

Giessing,  Fred ' 311 

Giffin,  David  Logan 282 

Gilchrist,  John  Foster 71 

Gilmartin,  Rt.  Rev.  Msgr.  Charles 308 

Glore,  Charles  Foster 70 

Goddard,  Leroy  A 47 

Goebel,  Joseph  P 220 

Goedde,  Charles  B 307 

Goodman,  Benedict  K 149 

Gordon,  Frank  Malcolm 148 

Gorman,  James  Edward 49 

Greenebaum,  Moses  Ernest 103 

Griffin,  Bishop  James  A 266 

Gulick,  John  H 110 

II 

Haag  Brothers  Company 351 

Hagler,  Elmer  Ellsworth,  M.  D 270 

Hall,  Frank  A 236 

Hamill,  Ernest  A 106 

Hamilton,  E.  Bentley 221 

Hamilton,  Isaac  Miller 108 

Hardenbrook,  Burt  Cheever 150 

Harkin,  Daniel  V 149 

Harney,  Dr.  Louis  G 309 

Harrington,  George  Bates 109 

Harris  Trust  and  Savings  Bank,  The 342 

Harrison,  John  H: 322 

Hart,  James  E 227 

Hartley,  Arthur  James 203 

Hartshorn,  John  G 332 

Hartz,  John  W 236 

Haugan,  Henry  Alexander Ill 

Hay,  Logan 263 

Hayes,  John  A 229 

Hazzard,  William 208 

Heath,  William  Ames 150 


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Helmle,  George  Barrington 273 

Henning,  Rudolph  George 142 

Herget,  Henry  George 210 

Herget,  Roscoe 235 

Herschel,  Paul  E.,  Sr 211 

Hertz,  John 42,43 

Hewitt,  Herbert  Edmund 244 

Heyworth,  James  Ormerod 84,  85 

Hines,  Louis  M 228 

Hirt,  Clifford  1 235 

Holtz,  Henry  Tyson ~f, 

Home  Savings  and  State  Bank 352 

Hooker,  Dr.  Henry  Frost 334 

Hopkins,  James  MacHenry 151 

Horn,  Benjamin  Albert 298 

Horneman,  H.  C 325 

Horst,  Henry  W 295 

Howes,  Louis  Alvah 220 

Hughitt,  Marvin,  Sr 4N 

Hull,  Hon.  William  E 210 

Hulswit,  Frank  T 118,119 

Hunt,  George  W 236 

Hunter,  Jay  T 236 

Huston,  Guy 107 

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Illinois — The  Heart  of  the  Great  Central  West   .  7-20 

Illinois'  Largest  Electric  Railway  ....  347 
Illinois  Power  and  Light  Corporation.    .    .      348.349 

Illinois,  The  Pantheon  of 182-186 

Irwin,  William  Travis 211 

J 

Jack,  Robert  P 22V 

Jackson,  William  John 

Jefferson,  Hotel 354 

Johnson,  Jesse  M 2X4 

Johnston,  William  Edward 237 

Johnston,  William  Robert 142 

Joiner,  Theodore  E 112 

Jones,  Harry  P 283 

K 

Kahler,  Albert  H 22(' 

Kahn,  Edgar  Joseph 238 

Keating,  Frank  J 237 

Kelly,  Bernard '  221 

Kelly,  Rev.  Joseph  Sylvester 297 

Keller,  Theodore  Christian 115 

Kenny,  William  M 237 

Kenworthy,  Samuel  R 2% 

King,  Michael  E 332 

Kircher,  Henry  F 237 

Kirk,  James  W 312 

Kittle,  Charles  M 38,39 

Klingenberg,  W.  J 114 

Konsberg,  Edgar  Theodore 113 

Kroos,  Elwood  Raymond 238 

Kin  i.,  Theodore 196 


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Launtz,  William  P 311 

Leach,  George  Thatcher 152 

Leisy,  Howard  C 222 

Lindley,  Walter  C 331 

Lovelace,  Thomas  G 1 9S 

Loveridge,  Charles 239 

Lowes,  Ralph  C 238 

l.i  cas,  Hugo  V 238 

Lutz,  Samuel  Garber 151 

Lynch,  Henry  Whitcomb 239 

Lynch,  John  A 69 

M 

Maberry,  John  F 301 

Mackie,  Arthur  Donald 264,265 

Malcolm,  George  H 154 

Maloney,  Andrew  Jerome 78 

Mansfield,  Richard  Ivan 155 

Mark,  Clayton 117 

Markham,  Charles  H 152 

May,  Emmet  C 193 

Merseles,  Theodore  Frelinghuysen 61 

Meyercord,  George  Rudolph 116 

Michell,  George  W.,  M.  D 230 

Miles,  Judge  Charles  V 212 

Miller,  Frank  T 224 

Mitchell,  John  J 32 

Mitchell,  Leeds 153 

Mitchell,  Rodney 240 

Mitchell,  William  Hamilton 153 

Moderwei. i.,  Charles  McCi.ei. i.an 120 

Moline,  Rock  Island  and 291-294 

Montgomery,  Clark  B 223 

Moore,  Harrie  G 224 

Morgan,  Harry  Dale 240 

Mueth,  John,  Jr 278 

Munroe,  Charles  Andrews 121 

Murray,  William  Brooks 327 

Mc 

McCalman,  Ralph  1 335 

McCaskrin,  Harry  M 301 

McClugage,  David  H 230 

McConnell,  Will  H 280 

McCord,  Orin  L 223 

McCulloch,  Charles  Alexander 122 

McDougal,  James  Barton 155 

McDowell,  John  Wright 230 

McFadden,  G.  C 239 

McGlynn,  Patterson  S 300 

McGrath,  Shelton  F 239 

McKinley,  William  B 318 

McMahon,  Dennis  J 222 

N 

Nelson,  Frank  George 62 

Newman,  Milton  Grant 213 

Niehaus,  Judge  John  M 213 

Northwestern'  Mutual  Lite  Insurance  Company  353 

Notes,  David  A 156 


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Oakford,  Arron  S.    .    .                                  ....  214 

O'Brien,  John-  Joseph  124 

O'Leary,  John  William        79 

Oleson,  John  P 157 

O'Neill,  Reverend  Clemeni  P.  299 

Osborn,  Eugene 240 

Osgood,  Roy  Clifton    ...           156 

Otte,  Hugo  Emil 123 

P 

Paepcke,  Hermann   ....  51,53 

Paepcke,  Walter  P 51,52 

Page,  Edwin 157 

Pantheon  of  Illinois.  The  182—186 

Parrett,  William  J 323 

Patterson,  Lemuel  Bueli 127 

Pearson,  George  A 125 

Peoria,  The  Story  ok 175-181 

Peoria  Evening  Star,  Board  of  Managers  .    .  207 
Peoria  Evening  Star,  The  Story  of  The  .          187-190 

Pick,  George 126 

Pinkerton,  Harry  B 204 

Pratt,  Henry  E 230 

Prince,  Dr.  A.  E.                            287 

Pruitt,  Edgar  C 286 

Q 

Quintan,  William  J 299 

Quinn,  Frank  J 214 

Quinn,  James  J 297 

R 

Ravinia,  Louis  Eckstein  and 81 

Rawson,  Frederick  Holbrook 63 

Rearden,  Frank  L 312 

Reed,  William  B 241 

Reeve,  Milo  E 205 

Reilly,  James 286 

Richardson,  Guy  A 158 

Rock  Island  and  Moline — A  Center  of 

Industry 291-294 

Rosenfield,  Walter  A 296 

Ross,  Thompson 136 

Rottger,  Russel  Curtis 326 

Rowley,  Carlos  B 240 

Ryan,  John  C 225 

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Sampsell,  Marshall  Emmett 133 

Sawyer,  W.  H 307 

Schaffner,  Robert  C 75 

Schank,  John  Charles 132 

Schlake,  William 134 

schoenfeld,  robert 241 

Scholes,  Robert 216 

Schradzki,  Harold 206 

Sconce,  Harvey  James 319 

Searle,  Charles  J 301 


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Sefton  Manufacturing  Company,  The 353 

Sexton,  Stephen  D 310 

Shallberg,  Robert  C 300 

Shaw,  Ralph  Martin 64 

Shedd,  John  Graves 30,31 

Sheen,  Dan  R 231 

Sherrill,  Robert  Clay 159 

Shurtleff,  George  A 231 

Simpson,  James 44 

Smith,  Clarence  E 226 

Smith,  Oliver  F 225 

Smith,  Walter  Teis 199 

Solomon,  George  W 271 

Sommer,  Benjamin  L 215 

Sommer,  William  H 215 

Spaulding,  Willis  J 285 

Spivey,  Allen  T 306 

Springfield — The  Capital 257-261 

Staley,  Edward  E ~.i  275 

Standard  Oil  Company  (Indiana),  The  ....     34,35 

Stein,  L.  Montefiore 158 

Stern,  Lawrence  F. 131 

Stevens,  F-rnest  James 128 

Stevick,  David  William  .    .    .    .  ' 324 

Stewart,  Robert  W 34,35 

Storey,  William  Benson 60 

Story,  Frank  Fuller 129 

Strain,  Ross  H 241 

Straus  and  Company,  S.  W 343 

Straus,  Martin  I, 135 

Strawn,  Silas  Hardy 45 

Studebaker,  Clement,  Jr 130 

Sturtevant,  Henry  Dexter 159 

Sutliff,  Warren 226 

Swallow,  Howard  A 321 

T 

Teter,  Lucius 65 

Thomas  and  Clarke  Company 352 

Thomas,  Charles  B 305 

Todd,  Hiram  Eugene 231 

Toombs,  Roy  C 161 

Tracy,  Howard  Van  Sinderen 160 


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Traylor,  M.  A \u) 

True,  David  0 138 

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Utility  Securities  Company 344 

W 

Wachenheimer,  Jacob 2ox 

Wacker,  Charles  H 4f, 

Waldeck,  Herman 67 

Walker,  Edward  H 243 

Walker,  Theodore  Penfield 244 

Wallace,  Ross  Strawn 200 

Walling,  Willoughby  George 137 

Weaver,  Gailard  E 269 

Weaver,  Ira  A 268 

Webber,  Elmer  A 139 

Webster,  John  W 330 

Weiss,  Nathan  H 243 

Wetmore,  Frank  0 161 

Wetten,  Albert  Hayes 162 

Wheeler,  Robert  C 140 

White,  William  C 216 

Whiting,  Lawrence  Harley 162 

Wickett,  Frederick  Henry 163 

Wilde,  Walter  B 22" 

Williams,  Dixon  C 68 

Williams,  Walter 242 

Williamson,  Earl  Buell 242 

Wilton,  John  B 243 

Winstrom,  J.  Harry 285 

Winzeler,  John 212 

Wolfner,  Ira  W 242 

Wolford,  Milton  John 320 

Wollenberger,  Hermann 163 

Wood,  Charles  H 285 

Woodruff,  E.  N 217 

Woodruff,  George ■  .    .    .    .  66 

Worcester,  Charles  Henry 154 

Wrigley,  Wm.,  Jr 33 

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Zeller,  Dr.  George  Anthony 231 

Zimmerman,  Frederick  E 244 


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